Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

In a flower bed, there are N flowers, numbered 1,2,......,N. Initially, the heights of all flowers are 0.
You are given a sequence h=\{h_1,h_2,h_3,......\} as input. You would like to change the height of Flower k to h_k for all k (1 \leq k \leq N), by repeating the following "watering" operation:

Specify integers l and r. Increase the height of Flower x by 1 for all x such that l \leq x \leq r.

Find the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq h_i \leq 100

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
h_1 h_2 h_3 ...... h_N

Output

Print the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 1

4
1 2 2 1

Sample Output 1

2

The minimum number of watering operations required is 2.
One way to achieve it is:

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(1,3).

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(2,4).

Sample Input 2

5
3 1 2 3 1

Sample Output 2

5

Sample Input 3

8
4 23 75 0 23 96 50 100

Sample Output 3

221

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = ReadInt();
        var H = ReadInts();

        var cnt = Count(H);

        Console.WriteLine(cnt);
    }

    static int Count(int[] h)
    {
        var cnt = 0;
        while (h != null && h.Length != 0 && h.Any(_ => _ != 0))
        {
            if (h.Contains(0))
            {
                var idx = Array.IndexOf(h, 0);
                if (idx != 0) cnt += Count(h.Take(idx).ToArray());
                if (idx != h.Length - 1) cnt += Count(h.Skip(idx + 1).ToArray());
                break;
            }

            var min = h.Min();
            cnt += min;
            for (var i = 0; i < h.Length; i++)
            {
                h[i] -= min;
            }
        }
        return cnt;

    }

    public static string Read() { return Console.ReadLine(); }
    public static int ReadInt() { return int.Parse(Read()); }
    public static long ReadLong() { return long.Parse(Read()); }
    public static double ReadDouble() { return double.Parse(Read()); }

    public static string[] Reads() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); }
    public static int[] ReadInts() { return Reads().Select(_ => int.Parse(_)).ToArray(); }
    public static long[] ReadLongs() { return Reads().Select(_ => long.Parse(_)).ToArray(); }
    public static double[] ReadDoubles() { return Reads().Select(_ => double.Parse(_)).ToArray(); }
}