// BUGSBUNNY
// IIT ROORKEE
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//          "Y88888888888P   `888888888888888888888b     d8888888888888888'
//             ^""""""""^     `Y88888888888888888888,    888888888888888P'
//                              "8888888888888888888b,   Y888888888888P^
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//                                 "Y8888888888888888P     `""""^
//                                   `"YY88888888888P'
//                                        ^""""""""'
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL); 
#define int long long
#define ll long long
#define ld long double
#define endl '\n'
#define vi vector<int>
#define vvi vector<vi>
#define vs vector<string>
#define vl vector<long long>
#define vpii vector<pii>
#define vpipii vector<pipii>
#define vb vector<bool>
#define pb push_back
#define pob pop_back
#define gcd __gcd
#define mp make_pair
#define pii pair<int,int>
#define pipii pair<int,pii>
#define pll pair<long long,long long>
#define pld pair<long double,long double>
#define mod 1000000007 
#define mod2 998244353
#define rep(i,n) for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define repp(i,a,b) for(ll i = a ; i<b ; i++)
#define reppr(i,a,b) for(ll i = a-1 ; i>=b ; i--)
#define repr(i,n) for (ll i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define pc putchar_unlocked
#define gc getchar_unlocked
#define inf 1000000000000
#define infn -9223372036854775807
#define pi 3.14159265358979323846
#define eps 0.0000000001
#define sp << " " << 
#define len(s) s.size()
#define setprecision0 cout << fixed << setprecision(0);
#define setprecision10 cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
#define all(n) n.begin(),n.end()
#define SORT(v) sort(all(v))

void solve();

signed main()
{
    fast;
    
    int t = 1;
    // cin >> t;
    while(t--)
        solve();
}
void solve()
{   
    int h , w ;
    cin >> h >> w;
    char grid[h][w];
    rep(i,h)
        rep(j,w)
            cin >> grid[i][j];
    int change[h][w] = {};
    if(grid[0][0] == '#')
        change[0][0] = 1;
    repp(i,1,w)
    {
        if(grid[0][i]==grid[0][i-1] || grid[0][i] == '.')
            change[0][i] = change[0][i-1];
        else
            change[0][i] = change[0][i-1] + 1;
    }
    repp(i,1,h)
    {
        if(grid[i][0]==grid[i-1][0] || grid[i][0] == '.')
            change[i][0] = change[i-1][0];
        else
            change[i][0] = change[i-1][0] + 1;
    }
    repp(i,1,h)
        repp(j,1,w)
        {
            int t1 = 0 , t2 = 0;
            if(grid[i][j] == grid[i-1][j] || grid[i][j] == '.')
                t1 = change[i-1][j];
            else
                t1 = change[i-1][j] + 1;
            if(grid[i][j] == grid[i][j-1] || grid[i][j] == '.')
                t2 = change[i][j-1];
            else
                t2 = change[i][j-1] + 1;
            change[i][j] = min(t1,t2);
        }
    cout << change[h-1][w-1] << endl;
}   

Measured memory_bytes: 384