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.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Diagnostics;
using static System.Console;
using Pair = System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<int, int>;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        //SetOut(new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Program().Solve();
        Out.Flush();
    }
    Scanner cin = new Scanner();
    Random rnd = new Random();
    Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
    readonly int[] dd = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 };
    readonly int mod = 1000000007;
    readonly string alfa = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";


    void Solve()
    {
        int N = cin.Nextint;
        var A = cin.Scanint;
        int ans = 1;
        bool flag = true;
        bool check = false;
        for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
        {
            //WriteLine(i);
            if (flag)
            {
                if (A[i] - A[i - 1] > 0)
                {
                    flag = false;
                    check = true;
                }
                else if (A[i] - A[i - 1] < 0)
                {
                    flag = false;
                    check = false;
                }
                

            }
            else if (check)
            {
                if (A[i] - A[i - 1] < 0)
                {
                    ans++;
                    flag = true;
                    //i++;
                }

            }
            else if (!check)
            {
                if (A[i] - A[i - 1] > 0)
                {
                    ans++;
                    flag = true;
                    //i++;
                }
            }
        }
        WriteLine(ans);
    }

}

class Scanner
{
    string[] s; int i;
    char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };
    public Scanner() { s = new string[0]; i = 0; }
    public string[] Scan { get { return ReadLine().Split(); } }
    public int[] Scanint { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, int.Parse); } }
    public long[] Scanlong { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, long.Parse); } }
    public double[] Scandouble { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, double.Parse); } }
    public string Next
    {
        get
        {
            if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
            string st = ReadLine();
            while (st == "") st = ReadLine();
            s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            i = 0;
            return Next;
        }
    }
    public int Nextint { get { return int.Parse(Next); } }
    public long Nextlong { get { return long.Parse(Next); } }
    public double Nextdouble { get { return double.Parse(Next); } }
}