instance, in the event that n=7, s=.**.*** and k=3, the accompanying strings will fulfill the conditions above:    .xx.*xx;    .x*.x*x;    .xx.xxx.    However, for instance, the accompanying strings won't meet the conditions:    .**.*xx (the primary character '*' ought to be sup

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 For instance, in the event that n=7, s=.**.*** and k=3, the accompanying strings will fulfill the conditions above: 

 

.xx.*xx; 

 

.x*.x*x; 

 

.xx.xxx. 

 

However, for instance, the accompanying strings won't meet the conditions: 

 

.**.*xx (the primary character '*' ought to be supplanted with 'x'); 

 

.x*.xx* (the last character '*' ought to be supplanted with 'x'); 

 

.x*.*xx (the distance between characters at positions 2 and 6 is more noteworthy than k=3). 

 

Given n, k, and s, track down the base number of '*' characters that should be supplanted with 'x' to meet the above conditions. 

 

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The primary line contains one integer t (1≤t≤500). Then, at that point, t experiments follow. 

 

The primary line of each experiment contains two integers n and k (1≤k≤n≤50). 

 

The second line of each experiment contains a string s of length n, comprising of the characters '.' and '*'. 

 

It is ensured that there is somewhere around one '*' in the string s. 

 

It is ensured that the distance between any two adjoining '*' characters doesn't surpass k. 

 

Output 

 

For each experiment output the base number of '*' characters that should be supplanted with 'x' characters to fulfill the conditions above.

 

 

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