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 System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Myon
{
    public Myon() { }
    public static int Main()
    {
        new Myon().calc();
        return 0;
    }

    Scanner cin;
    Func cin2;
    void calc()
    {
        cin = new Scanner();
        cin2 = new Func();
        int N=cin.nextInt();
        int[] a=cin.ArrayInt(N,0);
      int count=0;
      for(int i=1;i<N-1;i++)
      {
        if(a[i-1]<a[i]&&a[i]<a[i+1])count++;
        else if(a[i+1]<=a[i]&&a[i]<=a[i-1])count++;
      }
      Console.WriteLine(count);
        
    }
}



class Scanner
{
    string[] s;
    int i;

    char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };

    public Scanner()
    {
        s = new string[0];
        i = 0;
    }

    public string next()
    {
        if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
        string st = Console.ReadLine();
        while (st == "") st = Console.ReadLine();
        s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (s.Length == 0) return next();
        i = 0;
        return s[i++];
    }

    public int nextInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(next());
    }
    public int[] ArrayInt(int N, int add = 0)
    {
        int[] Array = new int[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            Array[i] = nextInt() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }

    public long nextLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(next());
    }

    public long[] ArrayLong(int N, long add = 0)
    {
        long[] Array = new long[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            Array[i] = nextLong() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }

    public double nextDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(next());
    }


    public double[] ArrayDouble(int N, double add = 0)
    {
        double[] Array = new double[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            Array[i] = nextDouble() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }
}

class Answer
{
    public void Int2DArrayAns(int[,]x,char c)
    {
        for(int i=0;i<x.GetLength(0);i++)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<x.GetLength(1)-1;j++)
            {
                Console.Write(x[i,j]);
                Console.Write(c);
            }
            Console.WriteLine(x[i,x.GetLength(1)-1]);
        }
    }
    public void Char2DArrayAns(char[,]x,char c)
    {
        for(int i=0;i<x.GetLength(0);i++)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<x.GetLength(1)-1;j++)
            {
                Console.Write(x[i,j]);
                Console.Write(c);
            }
            Console.WriteLine(x[i,x.GetLength(1)-1]);
        }
    }
}

class Func
{
    public long GCDLong(long a, long b)
    {
        while(a!=0)
        {
          long t=a;
          a=b%a;
          b= t;
        }
      
        return b;        
    }
}