#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp> 
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 
using namespace __gnu_pbds; 
#define ordered_set tree<int, null_type,less<int>, rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> 
#define FAST std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
#define pi       acos(-1)
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define ALL(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define SORT(v) sort(ALL(v))  
#define REVERSE(v) reverse(ALL(v))
#define F first
#define S second
#define ppb pop_back
#define GCD(m,n) __gcd(m,n)
#define LCM(m,n) (m*n)/GCD(m,n)
#define inputarr(a,n) for(int i=0;i<n;++i) cin>>a[i]
#define initarr(a,n,x) for (int i=0;i<n;++i) a[i]=x
#define rep(i,a,n)  for(int i=a ; i<n ; i++)
#define repe(i,a,n) for(int i=a;i<=n;i++)
#define rev(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i>=b;i--)

#define int long long ////////////
#define MOD 1000000007    ////////
#define POD 998244353 ////////
//define ll long long
#define ld long double 

typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vvi> vvvi;
typedef vector<vvvi> vvvvi;
typedef vector<char> vc;
typedef vector<vc> vvc;
typedef vector<vvc> vvvc;
typedef vector<pii > vpii;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<vb> vvb;
typedef map<int,int> mii;
typedef unordered_map<int,int> umii;
typedef map<char,int> mci;

#define itv for(auto it= v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it )
#define present(container, element) (container.find(element) != container.end())
#define cpresent(container, element) (find(ALL(container),element) != container.end())
//#define invect(data,n,commands) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++){int tmp;cin>>tmp;data.pb(tmp);commands}
//#define inset(data,n,commands) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++){int tmp;cin>>tmp;data.insert(tmp);commands}
//#define trav(a, x) for(auto& a : x)
//#define display(x) trav(a,x) cout<<a<<" ";cout<<endl
 
 
#define bs binary_search
#define  lb(v,val)  lower_bound(ALL(v), val); 
#define  ub(v,val)  upper_bound(ALL(v), val); 
#define Max(x,y,z) max(x,max(y,z))
#define Min(x,y,z) min(x,min(y,z))
#define maxc(v) *max_element(ALL(v))
#define minc(v) *min_element(ALL(v))
 /*
#define dbg1(a) cout<<" *"<<a<<" ";
#define dbg2(a,b) cout<<" *"<<a<<" **"<<b<<" "     /////
#define dbg cout<<"move"
*/

#define vin(v,n);   vi v(n); rep(i,0,n)  cin>>v[i];
#define dbg cerr <<"At line "<<__LINE__<<" move "<<nl
#define dbg1(x) cerr <<"At line "<<__LINE__<<" "<<#x<<"="<<x<<nl
#define dbg2(x,y) cerr <<"At line "<<__LINE__<<" "<<#x<<"="<<x<<" "<<#y<<"="<<y<<nl
#define dbg3(x,y,z) cerr <<"At line "<<__LINE__<<" "<<#x<<"="<<x<<" "<<#y<<"="<<y<<" "<<#z<<"="<<z<<nl
#define prv(v);     rep(i,0,sz(v))  cerr<<v[i]<<" ";
#define nl "\n"
#define sz(s)         (int)((s).size())
#define coutsp(k)   cout<<setprecision(k)  //set precision (total length k icluding decimal and non decimal)
#define coutfsp(k)   cout<<fixed<<setprecision(k)  //fixed set precision(after decimal fixing)

#define isvowel(a) (a=='a'||a=='e'||a=='i'||a=='o'||a=='u')
#define  INF   (int)2e18 
#define N 100001

void dquit()
{

  int h,w;  cin>>h>>w;

  int dp[h+1][w+1]={};
  // int col[h+1][w+1]={};

  int x[h+1][w+1]={};

  rep(i,1,h+1)
  {
      rep(j,1,w+1)
      {
        char c;  cin>>c;

         if(c=='.')
          x[i][j]=0;
        else
          x[i][j]=1;
      }
  }
  
  // col[1][1]=x[1][1];

  dp[1][1]=x[1][1];

  rep(i,2,w+1)
  {
     if(x[1][i]&&x[1][i-1]==0)
     dp[1][i]=dp[1][i-1]+1;
     else
      dp[1][i]=dp[1][i-1];

  }

  rep(i,2,h+1)
  { 
    if(x[i][1]&&x[i-1][1]==0)
     dp[i][1]=dp[i-1][1]+1;
     else
      dp[i][1]=dp[i-1][1];
  }

  rep(i,2,h+1)
  {
    rep(j,2,w+1)
    {

      if(x[i][j]&&x[i-1][j]==0)
     dp[i][j]=dp[i-1][j]+1;
     else
      dp[i][j]=dp[i-1][j];
    
    if(x[i][j]&&x[i][j-1]==0)
     dp[i][j]=min(dp[i][j],dp[i][j-1]+1);
     else
      dp[i][j]=min(dp[i][j],dp[i][j-1]);

      

    }
  }
   

   cout<<dp[h][w];

}

    


 
signed main()
{
 
 
//////////////////////
     FAST    // MAKE IT FAST
//////////////////////
   
   int t; 
   t=1;    

///////$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$|||||
               // cin>>t;        ////////>>>>>>>
//////$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$|||||

    while(t--)
    {
      dquit();
      cout<<nl;       
    }

   return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 384