import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {

	static long sx = 0, sy = 0, m = (long) (1e9 + 7);

	static ArrayList<Integer>[] a;
	static int[][][] dp;
	static long[] farr;
	// static boolean b = true;
	static HashMap<Integer, Integer> hm = new HashMap<>();

	// static TreeMap<Integer, Integer> hm = new TreeMap<>();
	public static PrintWriter out;
	// static ArrayList<pair> p = new ArrayList<>();
	static long[] fact = new long[(int) 1e6];
	static boolean b = false;
	static StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
	static boolean cycle = false;
	static long mod = 998244353;
	static int[] col;
	static String s;
	static int cnt;
	static int[][] p;

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

		Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);

		int n = scn.nextInt(), m = scn.nextInt();

		char[][] ch = new char[n][m];

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			String s = scn.next();

			for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
				ch[i][j] = s.charAt(j);
		}

		dp = new int[n][m][2];

		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
				Arrays.fill(dp[i][j], -1);

		int ans = f(ch, 0, 0, 0);

		System.out.println(ans);
	}

	private static int f(char[][] ch, int i, int j, int k) {

		if (i == ch.length - 1 && j == ch[0].length - 1) {

			if (ch[i][j] == '.' ||(ch[i][j] == '#' && k == 1))
				return 0;
			else
				return 1;
		}

		if (i >= ch.length || j >= ch[0].length)
			return (int) 1e6;
		
		if (dp[i][j][k] != -1)
			return dp[i][j][k];

		if (ch[i][j] == '#') {

			if (k == 0) {

				int ans1 = f(ch, i + 1, j, 1) + 1;
				int ans2 = f(ch, i, j + 1, 1) + 1;

				return dp[i][j][k] = Math.min(ans1, ans2);
			}

			else {
				int ans1 = f(ch, i + 1, j, 1);
				int ans2 = f(ch, i, j + 1, 1);
				return dp[i][j][k] = Math.min(ans1, ans2);
			}
		}

		else {

			int ans1 = f(ch, i + 1, j, 0);
			int ans2 = f(ch, i, j + 1, 0);
			return dp[i][j][k] = Math.min(ans1, ans2);
		}
	}

	// _________________________TEMPLATE_____________________________________________________________

	// private static int gcd(int a, int b) {
	// if (a == 0)
	// return b;
	//
	// return gcd(b % a, a);
	// }

	// static class comp implements Comparator<Integer> {
	//
	// @Override
	// public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) {
	// if (b[o1])
	// return -1;
	// else if (b[o2])
	// return 1;
	// else
	// return (int) (a[o2].size() - a[o1].size());
	// }
	//
	// }

	// public static long pow(long a, long b) {
	//
	// if(b<0)return 0;
	// if (b == 0 || b == 1)
	// return (long) Math.pow(a, b);
	//
	// if (b % 2 == 0) {
	//
	// long ret = pow(a, b / 2);
	// ret = (ret % mod * ret % mod) % mod;
	// return ret;
	// }
	//
	// else {
	// return ((pow(a, b - 1) % mod) * a % mod) % mod;
	// }
	// }

	private static class pair implements Comparable<pair> {

		int tb, tbw;

		pair() {
			tb = tbw = 0;
		}

		@Override
		public int compareTo(pair o) {

			return 1;
		}

	}

	private static String reverse(String s) {

		return new StringBuilder(s).reverse().toString();
	}

	public static class Reader {
		final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
		private DataInputStream din;
		private byte[] buffer;
		private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;

		public Reader() {
			din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
			buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
			bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
		}

		public Reader(String file_name) throws IOException {
			din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));
			buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
			bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
		}

		public String readLine() throws IOException {
			byte[] buf = new byte[1000000 + 1]; // line length
			int cnt = 0, c;
			while ((c = read()) != -1) {
				if (c == '\n')
					break;
				buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;
			}
			return new String(buf, 0, cnt);
		}

		public int nextInt() throws IOException {
			int ret = 0;
			byte c = read();
			while (c <= ' ')
				c = read();
			boolean neg = (c == '-');
			if (neg)
				c = read();
			do {
				ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
			} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

			if (neg)
				return -ret;
			return ret;
		}

		public long nextLong() throws IOException {
			long ret = 0;
			byte c = read();
			while (c <= ' ')
				c = read();
			boolean neg = (c == '-');
			if (neg)
				c = read();
			do {
				ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
			} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');
			if (neg)
				return -ret;
			return ret;
		}

		public double nextDouble() throws IOException {
			double ret = 0, div = 1;
			byte c = read();
			while (c <= ' ')
				c = read();
			boolean neg = (c == '-');
			if (neg)
				c = read();

			do {
				ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
			} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

			if (c == '.') {
				while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9') {
					ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);
				}
			}

			if (neg)
				return -ret;
			return ret;
		}

		private void fillBuffer() throws IOException {
			bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
			if (bytesRead == -1)
				buffer[0] = -1;
		}

		private byte read() throws IOException {
			if (bufferPointer == bytesRead)
				fillBuffer();
			return buffer[bufferPointer++];
		}

		public void close() throws IOException {
			if (din == null)
				return;
			din.close();
		}

		public int[] nextIntArray(int n) throws IOException {
			int[] arr = new int[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				arr[i] = nextInt();
			}
			return arr;
		}

		public long[] nextLongArray(int n) throws IOException {
			long[] arr = new long[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				arr[i] = nextLong();
			}
			return arr;
		}

		public int[][] nextInt2DArray(int m, int n) throws IOException {
			int[][] arr = new int[m][n];
			for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
				for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
					arr[i][j] = nextInt();
			}
			return arr;
		}
		// kickstart - Solution
		// atcoder - Main
	}

}


Measured memory_bytes: 30420