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# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using static MyIO;


public class A
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		int N = GetInt();
		int[] A = Enumerable.Repeat(1, N).Select(_ => GetInt()).ToArray();
		int ans = 1;
		int mode = 0;
		for(int i = 1; i < N; i++)
		{
			switch(A[i].CompareTo(A[i-1]))
			{
				case 0:
					break;

				case 1:
					if(mode == -1)
					{
						mode = 0;
						ans++;
					}
					else
					{
						mode = 1;
					}
					break;

				case -1:
					if(mode == 1)
					{
						mode = 0;
						ans++;
					}
					else
					{
						mode = -1;
					}
					break;
			}
		}

		Console.WriteLine(ans);
	}
}


public static class MyIO
{
	private static string[] args = null;
	private static int num = -1;
	private static int used = -1;

	private static string getArg()
	{
		if(used == num)
		{
			args = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
			num = args.Length;
			used = 0;
		}
		return args[used++];
	}

	public static int GetInt(){ return int.Parse(getArg()); }
	public static long GetLong(){ return long.Parse(getArg()); }
	public static double GetDouble(){ return double.Parse(getArg()); }
	public static string GetString(){ return getArg(); }
}