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++14 (GCC 5.4.1) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (int)n; ++i)
#define FOR(i, a, b) for(int i = a; i < (int)b; ++i)

typedef long long ll;

const int Inf = 1e9;
const double EPS = 1e-9;

int gcd(int a, int b) {
    if (b == 0) {
        return a;
    } else {
        return gcd(b, a % b);
    }
}

int lcm(int a, int b) {
    return a * b / gcd(a, b);
}

int bitCount(long bits) {
    bits = (bits & 0x55555555) + (bits >> 1 & 0x55555555);
    bits = (bits & 0x33333333) + (bits >> 2 & 0x33333333);
    bits = (bits & 0x0f0f0f0f) + (bits >> 4 & 0x0f0f0f0f);
    bits = (bits & 0x00ff00ff) + (bits >> 8 & 0x00ff00ff);
    return (bits & 0x0000ffff) + (bits >>16 & 0x0000ffff);
}

int main() {
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<int> a(n);
    rep (i, n) cin >> a[i];
    bool inc = false, dec = false;
    int ans = 0;
    rep (i, n - 1) {
        if (a[i + 1] > a[i] && dec) {
            ans++;
            dec = false;
        } else if (a[i + 1] < a[i] && inc) {
            ans++;
            inc = false;
        } else if (a[i + 1] > a[i]) {
            inc = true;
        } else {
            dec = true;
        }
    }
    ans++;
    cout << ans << endl;
    
    return 0;
}