import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;

public class Main {
    static int[][] map;
    static int[][] dp;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
        int h = sc.nextInt();
        int w = sc.nextInt();
        map = new int[h+1][w+1];
        dp = new int[h+1][w+1];
        for (int i = 0; i < h; i++) {
            String line = sc.next();
            for (int j = 0; j < w; j++) {
                if(line.charAt(j) == '#'){
                    map[i+1][j+1] = 1;
                }else{
                    map[i+1][j+1] = 0;
                }
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < h+1; i++) {
            dp[i][0] = 100000;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < w+1; i++) {
            dp[0][i] = 100000;
        }

        dp[0][0] = 0;
        dp[0][1] = 0;
        dp[0][1] = 0;

        for (int i = 1; i < h+1; i++) {
            for (int j = 1; j < w+1; j++) {
                int up = dp[i-1][j];
                if(map[i][j] != map[i-1][j]) up++;
                int left = dp[i][j-1];
                if(map[i][j] != map[i][j-1]) left++;
                dp[i][j] = Math.min(up, left);
            }
        }

        if(map[h][w] == 1) dp[h][w]++;

        System.out.println(dp[h][w] / 2);


    }

    private static class FastScanner {
        private final InputStream in = System.in;
        private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        private int ptr = 0;
        private int buflen = 0;

        private boolean hasNextByte() {
            if (ptr < buflen) {
                return true;
            } else {
                ptr = 0;
                try {
                    buflen = in.read(buffer);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                if (buflen <= 0) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }

        private int readByte() {
            if (hasNextByte())
                return buffer[ptr++];
            else
                return -1;
        }

        private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
            return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
        }

        public boolean hasNext() {
            while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr]))
                ptr++;
            return hasNextByte();
        }

        public String next() {
            if (!hasNext())
                throw new NoSuchElementException();
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int b = readByte();
            while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
                sb.appendCodePoint(b);
                b = readByte();
            }
            return sb.toString();
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            if (!hasNext())
                throw new NoSuchElementException();
            long n = 0;
            boolean minus = false;
            int b = readByte();
            if (b == '-') {
                minus = true;
                b = readByte();
            }
            if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            while (true) {
                if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    n *= 10;
                    n += b - '0';
                } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
                    return minus ? -n : n;
                } else {
                    throw new NumberFormatException();
                }
                b = readByte();
            }
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            long nl = nextLong();
            if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            return (int) nl;
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }
    }

}



Measured memory_bytes: 22740