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#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <iostream>
#include <random>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <functional>
#include <complex>
#include <list>
#include <cassert>
#include <iomanip>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
/*多倍長整数/cpp_intで宣言
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace boost::multiprecision;
*/

//#pragma gcc target ("avx2")
//#pragma gcc optimization ("o3")
//#pragma gcc optimization ("unroll-loops")
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rep1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define rep2(i, n) for(int i = 2; i < (n); ++i)
#define repr(i, n) for(int i = n; i >= 0; --i)
#define reprm(i, n) for(int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define printynl(a) printf(a ? "yes\n" : "no\n")
#define printyn(a) printf(a ? "Yes\n" : "No\n")
#define printYN(a) printf(a ? "YES\n" : "NO\n")
#define printim(a) printf(a ? "possible\n" : "imposible\n")
#define printdb(a) printf("%.50lf\n", a) //少数出力
#define printLdb(a) printf("%.50Lf\n", a) //少数出力
#define printdbd(a) printf("%.16lf\n", a) //少数出力(桁少なめ)
#define prints(s) printf("%s\n", s.c_str()) //string出力
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define allsum(a, b, c) ((a + b) * c / 2.0) //等差数列の和、初項,末項,項数
#define pb push_back
#define priq priority_queue
#define rpriq priq<int, vector<int>, greater<int>>
#define deg_to_rad(deg) (((deg)/360.0L)*2.0L*PI)
#define rad_to_deg(rad) (((rad)/2.0L/PI)*360.0L)
#define Please return
#define AC 0
#define manhattan_dist(a, b, c, d) (abs(a - c) + abs(b - d)) /*(a, b) から (c, d) のマンハッタン距離 */


using ll = long long;

constexpr int INF = 1073741823;
constexpr int MINF = -1073741823;
constexpr ll LINF = ll(4661686018427387903);
constexpr ll MOD = 1000000007;
const long double PI = acosl(-1.0L);

using namespace std;

void scans(string& str) {
	char c;
	str = "";
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == '\n')scanf("%c", &c);
	while (c != '\n' && c != -1 && c != ' ') {
		str += c;
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
}

void scanc(char& str) {
	char c;
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == -1)return;
	while (c == '\n') {
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
	str = c;
}

double acot(double x) {
	return PI / 2 - atan(x);
}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
	if (b == 0) return a;
	return gcd(b, a % b);
}

ll lcm(ll number1, ll number2) {
	return number1 / gcd(number1, number2) * number2;
}

ll LSB(ll n) { return (n & (-n)); }

/*-----------------------------------------ここからコード-----------------------------------------*/



int main() {

	int h, w;
	scanf("%d%d", &h, &w);
	vector<string> s(h);
	rep(i, h)scans(s[i]);
	vector<vector<int>> dp(h, vector<int>(w)), cnt(h, vector<int>(w));
	rep(i, h) {
		rep(j, w) {
			if (s[i][j] == '#') {
				++cnt[i][j];
				if (i || j)dp[i][j] = min((i != 0 ? dp[i - 1][j] : INF), (j != 0 ? dp[i][j - 1] : INF));
			}
			else {
				cnt[i][j] = 0;
				if(i || j)dp[i][j] = min((i != 0 ? (!!cnt[i - 1][j] + dp[i - 1][j]) : INF), (j != 0 ? (!!cnt[i][j - 1] + dp[i][j - 1]) : INF));
			}
			if ((i == h - 1 && j == w - 1)) {
				dp[i][j] += !!cnt[i][j];
			}
		}
	}
	printf("%d\n", dp[h - 1][w - 1]);

	Please AC;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 888