#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using tlll = tuple<ll, ll, ll>;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;
template<class T> bool chmin(T& a, T b) {if (a > b) {a = b; return true;} return false;}
template<class T> bool chmax(T& a, T b) {if (a < b) {a = b; return true;} return false;}
ll safemod(ll A, ll M) {ll res = A % M; if (res < 0) res += M; return res;}
ll divfloor(ll A, ll B) {if (B < 0) {return divfloor(-A, -B);} return (A - safemod(A, B)) / B;}
ll divceil(ll A, ll B) {if (B < 0) {return divceil(-A, -B);} return divfloor(A + B - 1, B);}
ll pow_ll(ll A, ll B) {if (A == 0 || A == 1) {return A;} if (A == -1) {return B & 1 ? -1 : 1;} ll res = 1; for (int i = 0; i < B; i++) {res *= A;} return res;}
ll logfloor(ll A, ll B) {assert(A >= 2); ll res = 0; for (ll tmp = 1; tmp <= B / A; tmp *= A) {res++;} return res;}
ll logceil(ll A, ll B) {assert(A >= 2); ll res = 0; for (ll tmp = 1; tmp < B; tmp *= A) {res++;} return res;}
ll arisum_ll(ll a, ll d, ll n) { return n * a + (n & 1 ? ((n - 1) >> 1) * n : (n >> 1) * (n - 1)) * d; }
ll arisum2_ll(ll a, ll l, ll n) { return n & 1 ? ((a + l) >> 1) * n : (n >> 1) * (a + l); }
ll arisum3_ll(ll a, ll l, ll d) { assert((l - a) % d == 0); return arisum2_ll(a, l, (l - a) / d + 1); }
template<class T> void unique(vector<T> &V) {V.erase(unique(V.begin(), V.end()), V.end());}
template<class T> void sortunique(vector<T> &V) {sort(V.begin(), V.end()); V.erase(unique(V.begin(), V.end()), V.end());}
#define FINALANS(A) do {cout << (A) << '\n'; exit(0);} while (false)
template<class T> void printvec(const vector<T> &V) {int _n = V.size(); for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) cout << V[i] << (i == _n - 1 ? "" : " ");cout << '\n';}
template<class T> void printvect(const vector<T> &V) {for (auto v : V) cout << v << '\n';}
template<class T> void printvec2(const vector<vector<T>> &V) {for (auto &v : V) printvec(v);}
//*
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
using mint = modint998244353;
//using mint = modint1000000007;
//using mint = modint;
//*/

int main()
{
  ll N;
  cin >> N;
  string S;
  cin >> S;

  ll ans = 0;
  while (S.back() == '.')
  {
    ans++;
    S.pop_back();
  }
  ans += 2 * count(S.begin(), S.end(), '#') - 1;

  ll ans2;
  for (ll i = 0; i < N; i++)
  {
    if (S.at(i) == '#')
    {
      ans2 = N - i;
      break;
    }
  }
  cout << max(ans, ans2) << endl;
}