Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

You are given an array A of length N.
Your task is to divide it into several contiguous subarrays.
Here, all subarrays obtained must be sorted in either non-decreasing or non-increasing order.
At least how many subarrays do you need to divide A into?

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 10^5

1 \leq A_i \leq 10^9

Each A_i is an integer.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
A_1 A_2 ... A_N

Output

Print the minimum possible number of subarrays after division of A.

Sample Input 1

6
1 2 3 2 2 1

Sample Output 1

2

One optimal solution is to divide the array into [1,2,3] and [2,2,1].

Sample Input 2

9
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1

Sample Output 2

5

Sample Input 3

7
1 2 3 2 1 999999999 1000000000

Sample Output 3

3

Solution in C (GCC 5.4.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#define ll long long
#define rep(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<(n);i++)
#define max(p,q) ((p)>(q)?(p):(q))
#define min(p,q) ((p)<(q)?(p):(q))
#define chmax(a,b) ((a)=(a)>(b)?(a):(b))
#define chmin(a,b) ((a)=(a)<(b)?(a):(b))
#define abs(p) ((p)>=(0)?(p):(-(p)))
#define MOD 1000000007
ll power(ll a,ll b){ll r=1;rep(i,b){r*=a;}return r;}
#define swap(a,b) do{ll w=(a);(a)=(b);(b)=w;}while(0)
#define swapd(a,b) do{double w=(a);(a)=(b);(b)=w}while(0)

//your code here!

int main(void){
    ll N, A[100100], ans=1, fpp=0, fmm=0;
    scanf("%lld", &N);
    rep(i, N) scanf("%lld", A+i);
    rep(i, N-1) {
        if(fpp==0 && fmm==0) {
            if(A[i] < A[i+1]) fpp=1;
            if(A[i] > A[i+1]) fmm=1;
        }
        if(fpp && A[i]>A[i+1]) {
            ans++;
            fpp=0;
        }
        if(fmm && A[i]<A[i+1]) {
            ans++;
            fmm=0;
        }
    }
    printf("%lld\n", ans);
    return 0;
}