Language: C++

// atcoder/tenka1-2019-beginner/C/main.cpp
// author: @___Johniel
// github: https://github.com/johniel/

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define each(i, c) for (auto& i : c)
#define unless(cond) if (!(cond))

using namespace std;

template<typename P, typename Q> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, pair<P, Q> p) { os << "(" << p.first << "," << p.second << ")"; return os; }
template<typename P, typename Q> istream& operator >> (istream& is, pair<P, Q>& p) { is >> p.first >> p.second; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, vector<T> v) { os << "("; for (auto& i: v) os << i << ","; os << ")"; return os; }
template<typename T> istream& operator >> (istream& is, vector<T>& v) { for (auto& i: v) is >> i; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, set<T> s) { os << "#{"; for (auto& i: s) os << i << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename K, typename V> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, map<K, V> m) { os << "{"; for (auto& i: m) os << i << ","; os << "}"; return os; }

template<typename T> inline T setmax(T& a, T b) { return a = std::max(a, b); }
template<typename T> inline T setmin(T& a, T b) { return a = std::min(a, b); }

using lli = long long int;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using point = complex<double>;
using str = string;
template<typename T> using vec = vector<T>;

constexpr array<int, 8> di({0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1});
constexpr array<int, 8> dj({1, 0, 0, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1});
constexpr lli mod = 1e9 + 7;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.setf(ios_base::fixed);
  cout.precision(15);

  str s;
  int _;
  while (cin >> _ >> s) {
    int cnt = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i < s.size(); ++i) {
      if (s[i - 1] == '#' && s[i] == '.') {
        s[i] = '#';
        ++cnt;
      }
    }
    cout << min(cnt, count(s.begin(), s.end(), '#')) << endl;
  }

  return 0;
}


Compiler output:
a.cc: In function 'int main(int, char**)':
a.cc:49:16: error: no matching function for call to 'min(int&, std::__iterator_traits<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char> >, void>::difference_type)'
   49 |     cout << min(cnt, count(s.begin(), s.end(), '#')) << endl;
      |             ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/algorithm:60,
                 from /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/14/bits/stdc++.h:51,
                 from a.cc:5:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:233:5: note: candidate: 'template<class _Tp> constexpr const _Tp& std::min(const _Tp&, const _Tp&)'
  233 |     min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b)
      |     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:233:5: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
a.cc:49:16: note:   deduced conflicting types for parameter 'const _Tp' ('int' and 'std::__iterator_traits<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char> >, void>::difference_type' {aka 'long int'})
   49 |     cout << min(cnt, count(s.begin(), s.end(), '#')) << endl;
      |             ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:281:5: note: candidate: 'template<class _Tp, class _Compare> constexpr const _Tp& std::min(const _Tp&, const _Tp&, _Compare)'
  281 |     min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:281:5: note:   candidate expects 3 arguments, 2 provided
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/algorithm:61:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:5686:5: note: candidate: 'template<class _Tp> constexpr _Tp std::min(initializer_list<_Tp>)'
 5686 |     min(initializer_list<_Tp> __l)
      |     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:5686:5: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:5696:5: note: candidate: 'template<class _Tp, class _Compare> constexpr _Tp std::min(initializer_list<_Tp>, _Compare)'
 5696 |     min(initializer_list<_Tp> __l, _Compare __comp)
      |     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:5696:5: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
a.cc:49:16: note:   mismatched types 'std::initializer_list<_Tp>' and 'int'
   49 |     cout << min(cnt, count(s.begin(), s.end(), '#')) << endl;
      |             ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~