Problem:
Score : 200 points

Problem Statement

We have a permutation p = {p_1,\ p_2,\ ...,\ p_n} of {1,\ 2,\ ...,\ n}.

Print the number of elements p_i (1 < i < n) that satisfy the following condition:

p_i is the second smallest number among the three numbers p_{i - 1}, p_i, and p_{i + 1}.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

3 \leq n \leq 20

p is a permutation of {1,\ 2,\ ...,\ n}.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

n
p_1 p_2 ... p_n

Output

Print the number of elements p_i (1 < i < n) that satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 1

5
1 3 5 4 2

Sample Output 1

2

p_2 = 3 is the second smallest number among p_1 = 1, p_2 = 3, and p_3 = 5. Also, p_4 = 4 is the second smallest number among p_3 = 5, p_4 = 4, and p_5 = 2. These two elements satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 2

9
9 6 3 2 5 8 7 4 1

Sample Output 2

5

Solution in C++14 (GCC 5.4.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i,n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i,n) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define srep(i,s,t) for (int i = s; i < t; ++i)
#define maxs(x,y) (x = max(x,y))
#define mins(x,y) (x = min(x,y))
#define limit(x,l,r) max(l,min(x,r))
#define lims(x,l,r) (x = max(l,min(x,r)))
#define isin(x,l,r) ((l) <= (x) && (x) < (r))
#define pb push_back
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define pcnt __builtin_popcountll
#define uni(x) x.erase(unique(rng(x)),x.end())
#define snuke srand((unsigned)clock()+(unsigned)time(NULL));
#define show(x) cout<<#x<<" = "<<x<<endl;
#define PQ(T) priority_queue<T,v(T),greater<T> >
#define bn(x) ((1<<x)-1)
#define dup(x,y) (((x)+(y)-1)/(y))
#define newline puts("")
#define v(T) vector<T>
#define vv(T) v(v(T))
using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned uint;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int,int> P;
typedef pair<int,P> PP;

vector<PP> v;
const double eps = 1e-10;
const ll LINF = 1001002003004005006ll;
const int INF = 1001001001;

int main()
{
	int n,m[30];
	cin >> n;
	rep(i,n) cin >> m[i];
	int ans =0;
	srep(i,1,n-1){
		int a[3];
		a[0] = m[i-1];
		a[1] = m[i];
		a[2] = m[i+1];
		sort(a,a+3);
		if(a[1] == m[i]) ans++;
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
	
	return 0;
}