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# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;

namespace AtCoder
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var n = ReadInt();
            var p = ReadInts();
            var ans = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i < p.Count()-1; i++)
            {
                var list = new List<int>() { p[i-1],p[i],p[i+1]};
                list.Sort();
                if (p[i] == list[1]) ans++;
            }
            WriteLine(ans);
        }


        private static string Read() { return ReadLine(); }
        private static string[] Reads() { return (Read().Split()); }
        private static int ReadInt() { return int.Parse(Read()); }
        private static long ReadLong() { return long.Parse(Read()); }
        private static double ReadDouble() { return double.Parse(Read()); }
        private static int[] ReadInts() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), int.Parse); }
        private static long[] ReadLongs() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), long.Parse); }
        private static double[] ReadDoubles() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), double.Parse); }

        //最大公約数

        public static int Gcd(int a, int b)
        {
            if (a < b)
            {
                return Gcd(b, a);
            }
            while (b != 0)
            {
                var reminder = a % b;
                a = b;
                b = reminder;
            }
            return a;
        }

        //最小公倍数
        public static int Lcm(int a, int b)
        {
            return a * b / Gcd(a, b);
        }

        //文字数を数える
        public static int CountChar(string s, char c)
        {
            return s.Length - s.Replace(c.ToString(), "").Length;
        }
    }
}