#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <tuple>
 
#define io ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define REP(i,a,b) for (ll i = a; i < b; i++)
#define enl "\n"
#define INF std::numeric_limits<ll>::max()
#define F first
#define S second
 
using namespace std;
 
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned long long int ull;
typedef long double ldb;
typedef vector<long long> vll;
typedef pair<long long,long long> pll;
 
ll greatestSubarraySum(ll array[], ll n);
ll binarySearch(vll arr, ll l, ll r, ll x);
ll modpower(ll x, ll y, ll p);
ll power(ll x, ll y);
ll gcd(ll a, ll b);
ll lcm(ll a, ll b);
ll search(ll arr[], ll n, ll k);
string findSum(string str1, string str2);
ll extendedGcd(ll a, ll b, ll & x, ll & y); 
bool find_any_solution(ll a, ll b, ll c, ll &x0, ll &y0, ll &g);
ll countSetBits(ll n); 
void primeFactors(ll n, map<ll,ll>& arr2, ll k, ll& flaggy);
void matrixMultiply(ll a[3][3], ll b[3][3]);
void matrixPower(ll F[7][7], ll n);
ll sumSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r);
vll squareRootDecompositionSumArray(ll arr[], ll n);
ll minSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r);
ll maxSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r);
vll squareRootDecompositionMinArray(ll arr[], ll n);
vll squareRootDecompositionMaxArray(ll arr[], ll n);
void updateSquareRootDecompositionMinArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x);
void updateSquareRootDecompositionMaxArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x);
void updateSquareRootDecompositionSumArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x);
void dfs(ll i, set<ll> arr[], ll visited[]);
void uni(ll x, ll y, ll par[], ll size[]);
ll find(ll x, ll par[], ll size[]);
ll modulo( ll value, ll m);
class FenwickTree;
void pairsort(ll a[], ll b[], ll n);
ll max(ll a, ll b);
ll min(ll a, ll b);
ll modInverse(ll a, ll m);
ll modsum(ll a, ll b, ll m);
ll modmul(ll a, ll b, ll m);
string reverseOfString(string s);
ll nCrMod(ll n, ll r, ll mod);
 
#define MAXI 998244353


ll fact[1000000];



 
int main(){
 
    io
 
    ll q=1;
    // cin>>q;
    REP(currentIndex,0,q){

        ll h,w;
        cin>>h>>w;
        bool arr[h][w];
        ll ans[h][w];

        REP(i,0,h){

            REP(j,0,w){

                char t;
                cin>>t;
                if(t=='#')arr[i][j]=1;
                else arr[i][j]=0;

            }

        }

        REP(i,0,h){

            REP(j,0,w){

                if(i==0 && j==0)ans[i][j]=arr[i][j];
                else if(i==0)ans[i][j]=ans[i][j-1]+((~arr[i][j-1])&(arr[i][j]));
                else if(j==0)ans[i][j]=ans[i-1][j]+((~arr[i-1][j])&(arr[i][j]));
                else {

                    ans[i][j]=min(ans[i][j-1]+((~arr[i][j-1])&(arr[i][j])), ans[i-1][j]+((~arr[i-1][j])&(arr[i][j])));

                }

            }

        }

        cout<<ans[h-1][w-1];


    }



 
 
}



ll nCrMod(ll n, ll r, ll mod){

    return (fact[n]* modInverse(fact[r], mod) % mod * modInverse(fact[n-r], mod) % mod) % mod; 

}

void SieveOfEratosthenes(ll n, bool isPrime[]) 
{ 

    isPrime[0] = isPrime[1] = false; 
    for (ll i = 2; i <= n; i++) 
        isPrime[i] = true; 
  
    for (ll p = 2; p * p <= n; p++) { 


        if (isPrime[p] == true) { 

            for (ll i = p * 2; i <= n; i += p) 
                isPrime[i] = false; 
        } 
    } 
} 
 
string reverseOfString(string s){

	string t;
	REP(i,0,s.length()){

		t+=s[s.length()-i-1];

	}

	return t;

}

class FenwickTree{
 
private:
    ll n;
 
    ll h(ll i){return (i|(i+1));}
    ll g(ll i){return (i&(i+1));}
 
 
 
public:
 
    ll *sumtree;
    ll *mainArray;
 
    FenwickTree(ll n){
 
        this->n=n;
        mainArray = (ll*)malloc(n*sizeof(ll));
        sumtree = (ll*)calloc(n, sizeof(ll));
 
    }
 
 
 
    void addElementAtIndex(ll i, ll x){
        mainArray[i]=x;
        update(i,x);
    }
 
    void update(ll i, ll delta){
 
        for(ll j=i; j<n; j=h(j)){
            sumtree[j]+=delta;
 
        }
 
    }
 
    ll sum(ll i, ll j){
 
        ll sum1=0, sum2=0;
        ll i1=i,j1=j;
        while(j>=0){
            sum1+=sumtree[j];
            j=g(j)-1;
        }
        while(i>=0){
            sum2+=sumtree[i];
            i=g(i)-1;
        }
        return sum1-sum2+mainArray[i1];
 
    }
 
 
};
 
ll modsum(ll a, ll b, ll m){
 
    return ((a%m)+(b%m))%m;
 
}
 
ll modmul(ll a, ll b, ll m){
 
    return ((a%m)*(b%m))%m;
 
 
}
 
ll modInverse(ll a, ll m) 
{ 
 
    return modpower(a, m-2, m); 
 
} 
 
ll max(ll a, ll b){
 
    if(a>b)return a;
    else return b;
}
 
ll min(ll a, ll b){
 
    if(a<b)return a;
    return b;
 
}
 
 
void pairsort(ll a[], ll b[], ll n) 
{ 
    pair<ll, ll> pairt[n]; 
  
 
    for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++)  
    { 
        pairt[i].first = a[i]; 
        pairt[i].second = b[i]; 
    } 
  
    sort(pairt, pairt + n); 
      
    for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++)  
    { 
        a[i] = pairt[i].first; 
        b[i] = pairt[i].second; 
    } 
}
 
ll extendedGcd(ll a, ll b, ll & x, ll & y) {
    if (a == 0) {
        x = 0;
        y = 1;
        return b;
    }
    ll x1, y1;
    ll d = extendedGcd(b % a, a, x1, y1);
    x = y1 - (b / a) * x1;
    y = x1;
    return d;
}
 
bool find_any_solution(ll a, ll b, ll c, ll &x0, ll &y0, ll &g) {
    g = extendedGcd(abs(a), abs(b), x0, y0);
    if (c % g) {
        return false;
    }
 
    x0 *= c / g;
    y0 *= c / g;
    if (a < 0) x0 = -x0;
    if (b < 0) y0 = -y0;
    return true;
}
 
 
string findSum(string str1, string str2) 
{ 
 
    if (str1.length() > str2.length()) {
        string s = str1;
        str1=str2;
        str2=s;
    }
  
 
    string str = ""; 
  
 
    int n1 = str1.length(), n2 = str2.length(); 
  
 
    reverse(str1.begin(), str1.end()); 
    reverse(str2.begin(), str2.end()); 
  
    int carry = 0; 
    for (int i=0; i<n1; i++) 
    { 
 
        int sum = ((str1[i]-'0')+(str2[i]-'0')+carry); 
        str.push_back(sum%10 + '0'); 
  
        carry = sum/10; 
    } 
  
    // Add remaining digits of larger number 
    for (int i=n1; i<n2; i++) 
    { 
        int sum = ((str2[i]-'0')+carry); 
        str.push_back(sum%10 + '0'); 
        carry = sum/10; 
    } 
  
    // Add remaining carry 
    if (carry) 
        str.push_back(carry+'0'); 
  
    // reverse resultant string 
    reverse(str.begin(), str.end()); 
  
    return str; 
} 
 
 
 
ll binarySearch(vll arr, ll l, ll r, ll x) 
{ 
    if (r >= l) { 
        ll mid = l + (r - l) / 2; 
  
        // If the element is present at the middle 
        // itself 
        if (arr[mid] == x) 
            return mid; 
  
        // If element is smaller than mid, then 
        // it can only be present in left subarray 
        if (arr[mid] > x) 
            return binarySearch(arr, l, mid - 1, x); 
  
        // Else the element can only be present 
        // in right subarray 
        return binarySearch(arr, mid + 1, r, x); 
    } 
  
    // We reach here when element is not 
    // present in array 
    return -1; 
} 
 
ll greatestSubarraySum(ll array[], ll n){
 
    ll best = 0, sum = 0;
    for (ll k = 0; k < n; k++) {
        sum = max(array[k],sum+array[k]);
        best = max(best,sum);
    }
 
    return best;
}
 
ll modpower(ll x, ll y, ll p) 
{ 
    ll res = 1;      // Initialize result 
  
    x = x % p;  // Update x if it is more than or  
                // equal to p 
  
    while (y > 0) 
    { 
        // If y is odd, multiply x with result 
        if (y & 1) 
            res = (res*x) % p; 
  
        // y must be even now 
        y = y>>1; // y = y/2 
        x = (x*x) % p;   
    } 
    return res; 
} 
 
 
ll gcd(ll a, ll b)
{
    if (a == 0)
        return b;
    
    return gcd(b%a, a);
}
 
ll lcm(ll a, ll b)  
{  
    return (a*b)/gcd(a, b);  
} 
 
 
ll power(ll x, ll y) 
{ 
    ll temp; 
    if( y == 0) 
        return 1; 
    temp = power(x, y/2); 
    if (y%2 == 0) 
        return temp*temp; 
    else
        return x*temp*temp; 
}
 
ll modulo( ll value, ll m) {
    ll mod = value % m;
    if (value < 0) {
        mod += m;
    }
    return mod;
}
 
ll find(ll x, ll par[], ll size[]){
 
    if(x==par[x])return x;
    else return par[x]=find(par[x],par, size);
 
}
 
void uni(ll x, ll y, ll par[], ll size[]){
 
    x=find(x,par,size);
    y=find(y,par,size);
 
    if(size[x]>size[y])swap(x,y);
 
    par[x]=y;
    size[y]+=size[x];
 
 
}
 
void dfs(ll i, set<ll> arr[], ll visited[]){
 
    if(visited[i])return;
 
    cout<<(char)('a'+i);

    visited[i]=1;
 
    for(auto u:arr[i])dfs(u, arr, visited);
 
 
}
 
 
ll countSetBits(ll n) 
{ 
    ll count = 0; 
    while (n) { 
        count += n & 1; 
        n >>= 1; 
    } 
    return count; 
} 
 
 
ll flag2;
 
 
void primeFactors(ll n, map<ll,ll>& arr2, ll k, ll& flaggy)  
{  
    ll count=0;
 
    ll flag=0;
 
    while (n % 2 == 0)  
    {  
        n = n/2;
        count++;  
    }  
  
    if(count%k != 0){
 
        flag=1;
 
        arr2[2]=count%k;
 
    }
    count=0;
 
    for (int i = 3; i <= sqrt(n); i = i + 2)  
    {  
        while (n % i == 0)  
        {  
            n = n/i;
            count++;  
        }  
 
 
        if(count%k!=0){
 
            flag=1;
            arr2[i]=count%k;
 
        }
 
        count=0;
    }  
  
    if (n > 2)  
        {
            if(1%k!=0){
 
                flag=1;
                arr2[n]=1%k;
 
            }
        }
 
        if(flag==0){flag2++;flaggy=1;}
 
}  
 
void matrixMultiply(ll* a[], ll *b[], ll n) 
{ 
 
    ll mul[n][n]; 
    for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    { 
        for (ll j = 0; j < n; j++) 
        { 
            mul[i][j] = 0; 
            for (ll k = 0; k < n; k++) 
                mul[i][j] += a[i][k]*b[k][j]; 
        } 
    } 
  
    for (int i=0; i<n; i++) 
        for (int j=0; j<n; j++) 
            a[i][j] = mul[i][j];
}
 
void matrixPower(ll **F, ll n, ll k) 
{ 
 
    if(n==1)return;
 
    ll **M = (ll **)malloc(k*sizeof(ll *));
 
 
    REP(i,0,k){
        M[i]=(ll *)malloc(k*sizeof(ll));
        REP(j,0,k){
            M[i][j]=F[i][j];
        }
    }
 
  
    matrixPower(F, n/2, k); 
  
    matrixMultiply(F, F, k); 
  
    if (n%2 != 0) 
        matrixMultiply(F, M,k); 
  
}
 
vll squareRootDecompositionMinArray(ll arr[], ll n){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
    vll helper(k,INF);
 
    REP(i,0,n)helper[i/k]=min(helper[i/k],arr[i]);
 
    return helper;
 
 
}
vll squareRootDecompositionMaxArray(ll arr[], ll n){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
    vll helper(k,-INF);
 
    REP(i,0,n)helper[i/k]=max(helper[i/k],arr[i]);
 
    return helper;
 
 
}
 
ll minSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
 
    ll a=l/k;
    ll b=r/k;
 
    ll min1=INF;
 
    if(a==b){
 
        REP(i,l,r+1)min1=min(min1,arr[i]);
 
        return min1;
    }
 
    REP(i,l,(a+1)*k)min1=min(min1,arr[i]);
    REP(i,a+1,b)min1=min(min1,helper[i]);
    REP(i,b*k,r+1)min1=min(min1,arr[i]);
 
    return min1;
 
 
}
ll maxSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
 
    ll a=l/k;
    ll b=r/k;
 
    ll min1=-INF;
 
    if(a==b){
 
        REP(i,l,r+1)min1=max(min1,arr[i]);
 
        return min1;
    }
 
    REP(i,l,(a+1)*k)min1=max(min1,arr[i]);
    REP(i,a+1,b)min1=max(min1,helper[i]);
    REP(i,b*k,r+1)min1=max(min1,arr[i]);
 
    return min1;
 
 
}
 
vll squareRootDecompositionSumArray(ll arr[], ll n){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
 
    //preprocessed array
 
    vll helper(k,0);
 
    //preprocessing
 
    REP(i,0,n)helper[i/k]+=arr[i];
 
    return helper;
 
 
}
 
void updateSquareRootDecompositionSumArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
    ll delta=x-arr[i];
    arr[i]=x;
    helper[i/k]+=delta;
 
}
 
void updateSquareRootDecompositionMinArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
    if(helper[i/k]==arr[i]){
 
        if(x<arr[i])helper[i/k]=arr[i];
        else{
 
            ll min1=INF;
            REP(j,i/k*k,(i/k+1)*k)min1=min(min1,arr[j]);
            helper[i/k]=min1;
 
        }
 
    } else{
 
        helper[i/k]=min(helper[i/k],x);
    }
 
 
    arr[i]=x;
 
 
}
void updateSquareRootDecompositionMaxArray(ll arr[], vll &helper, ll n, ll i, ll x){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
    if(helper[i/k]==arr[i]){
 
        if(x<arr[i])helper[i/k]=arr[i];
        else{
 
            ll min1=-INF;
            REP(j,i/k*k,(i/k+1)*k)min1=max(min1,arr[j]);
            helper[i/k]=min1;
 
        }
 
    } else{
 
        helper[i/k]=max(helper[i/k],x);
    }
 
 
    arr[i]=x;
 
 
}
 
ll sumSquareRootDecomposition(ll arr[], vll helper, ll n, ll l, ll r){
 
    ll k=(ll)ceil(sqrt(n));
 
    ll a=l/k;
    ll b=r/k;
 
    ll sum=0;
 
    if(a==b){
 
        REP(i,l,r+1)sum+=arr[i];
 
        return sum;
 
    }
 
    REP(i,l,(a+1)*k){sum+=arr[i];}
    REP(i,b*k,r+1)sum+=arr[i];
    REP(i,a+1,b)sum+=helper[i];
 
    return sum;
 
}

Measured memory_bytes: 384