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 <float.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

// 内部変数
static FILE *szpFpI;											// 入力

// 内部変数 - テスト用
#ifdef D_TEST
	static int siRes;
	static FILE *szpFpA;
	static int siTNo;
#endif

// １行出力
int
fOutLine(
	char *pcpLine				// <I> １行
)
{
	char lc1Buf[1024];

#ifdef D_TEST
	fgets(lc1Buf, sizeof(lc1Buf), szpFpA);
	if (strcmp(lc1Buf, pcpLine)) {
		siRes = -1;
	}
#else
	printf("%s", pcpLine);
#endif

	return 0;
}

// 実行メイン
int
fMain(
)
{
	int i;
	char lc1Buf[1024];

	// 配列数 - 取得
	int liACnt;
	fgets(lc1Buf, sizeof(lc1Buf), szpFpI);
	sscanf(lc1Buf, "%d", &liACnt);

	// 数列数 - 取得
	int liCnt = 1;
	int liPre = 0;
	int liUp = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < liACnt; i++) {
		int liVal;
		fscanf(szpFpI, "%d", &liVal);

		// １つ前と比較
		if (i > 0) {
			int liDF = liVal - liPre;
			if (liDF > 0) {
				if (liUp < 0) {
					liCnt++;
					liUp = 0;
				}
				else {
					liUp = liDF;
				}
			}
			else if (liDF < 0) {
				if (liUp > 0) {
					liCnt++;
					liUp = 0;
				}
				else {
					liUp = liDF;
				}
			}
		}

		// １つ前
		liPre = liVal;
	}
	fgets(lc1Buf, sizeof(lc1Buf), szpFpI);

	return liCnt;
}

// １回実行
int
fOne(
)
{
	int liRet;
	char lc1Buf[1024];

	// 入力 - セット
#ifdef D_TEST
	sprintf(lc1Buf, ".\\Test\\T%d.txt", siTNo);
	szpFpI = fopen(lc1Buf, "r");
	sprintf(lc1Buf, ".\\Test\\A%d.txt", siTNo);
	szpFpA = fopen(lc1Buf, "r");
	siRes = 0;
#else
	szpFpI = stdin;
#endif

	// 実行メイン
	liRet = fMain();

	// １行出力
	sprintf(lc1Buf, "%d\n", liRet);
	fOutLine(lc1Buf);

	// 残データ有無
#ifdef D_TEST
	lc1Buf[0] = '\0';
	fgets(lc1Buf, sizeof(lc1Buf), szpFpA);
	if (strcmp(lc1Buf, "")) {
		siRes = -1;
	}
#endif

	// テストファイルクローズ
#ifdef D_TEST
	fclose(szpFpI);
	fclose(szpFpA);
#endif

	// テスト結果
#ifdef D_TEST
	if (siRes == 0) {
		printf("OK %d\n", siTNo);
	}
	else {
		printf("NG %d\n", siTNo);
	}
#endif

	return 0;
}

// プログラム開始
int
main()
{

#ifdef D_TEST
	int i;
	for (i = D_TEST_SNO; i <= D_TEST_ENO; i++) {
		siTNo = i;
		fOne();
	}
#else
	fOne();
#endif

	return 0;
}