#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import division, print_function

import os
import sys
from io import BytesIO, IOBase

if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    from __builtin__ import xrange as range
    from future_builtins import ascii, filter, hex, map, oct, zip


def main():
    h, w = [int(s) for s in input().strip().split()]
    grid = [input().strip() for _ in range(h)]
    dp = [[0] * w for _ in range(h)]
    dp[0][0] = 1 if grid[0][0] == "#" else 0
    for i in range(1, h):
        dp[i][0] = dp[i - 1][0] + (grid[i - 1][0] == "." and grid[i][0] == "#")
    for j in range(1, w):
        dp[0][j] = dp[0][j - 1] + (grid[0][j - 1] == "." and grid[0][j] == "#")
    for i in range(1, h):
        for j in range(1, w):
            dp[i][j] = min(
                dp[i - 1][j] + (grid[i - 1][j] == "." and grid[i][j] == "#"),
                dp[i][j - 1] + (grid[i][j - 1] == "." and grid[i][j] == "#")
            )
    result = dp[-1][-1]
    print(result)


# region fastio

BUFSIZE = 8192


class FastIO(IOBase):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.buffer = BytesIO()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
        self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None

    def read(self):
        while True:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            if not b:
                break
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines = 0
        return self.buffer.read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return self.buffer.readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
            self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)


class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
        self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
        self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")


def print(*args, **kwargs):
    """Prints the values to a stream, or to sys.stdout by default."""
    sep, file = kwargs.pop("sep", " "), kwargs.pop("file", sys.stdout)
    at_start = True
    for x in args:
        if not at_start:
            file.write(sep)
        file.write(str(x))
        at_start = False
    file.write(kwargs.pop("end", "\n"))
    if kwargs.pop("flush", False):
        file.flush()


if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    sys.stdin, sys.stdout = FastIO(sys.stdin), FastIO(sys.stdout)
else:
    sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)

input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")

# endregion

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


Measured memory_bytes: 41968