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# (.NET Core 3.1.201) (judge verdict: Accepted)

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

class Util{
	static void Main(){
		Sol mySol =new Sol();
		mySol.Solve();
	}
}

class Sol{
	public void Solve(){
        int N = ri();
        int[] hArray = ria();

        int ans = 0;
        while(hArray.Count((i) => i != 0) != 0) {
            ans++;

            int maxHeight = hArray.Max();
            bool isWatering = false;
            bool startedWatering = false;
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                isWatering = hArray[i] == maxHeight;
                if(isWatering) {
                    startedWatering = true;
                    hArray[i]--;
                } else if(startedWatering) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

		Console.WriteLine(ans);
		Console.ReadLine();
	}

	static String rs(){return Console.ReadLine();}
	static int ri(){return int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());}
	static long rl(){return long.Parse(Console.ReadLine());}
	static double rd(){return double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());}
	static String[] rsa(char sep=' '){return Console.ReadLine().Split(sep);}
	static int[] ria(char sep=' '){return Array.ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(sep),e=>int.Parse(e));}
	static long[] rla(char sep=' '){return Array.ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(sep),e=>long.Parse(e));}
	static double[] rda(char sep=' '){return Array.ConvertAll(Console.ReadLine().Split(sep),e=>double.Parse(e));}
    static int[] generateNums(int num, int N){return Enumerable.Repeat(num, N).ToArray();}
    static int[] generateSuretsu(int N){return Enumerable.Range(0, N).ToArray();}
}

public static class Combination {
	//使い方:int[][] Is = Combination.Enumerate(nums, k, withRepetition:false).ToArray();
    public static IEnumerable<T[]> Enumerate<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, int k, bool withRepetition) {
        if (k == 1) {
            foreach (var item in items)
                yield return new T[] { item };
            yield break;
        }
        foreach (var item in items) {
            var leftside = new T[] { item };

            // item よりも前のものを除く （順列と組み合わせの違い)
            // 重複を許さないので、unusedから item そのものも取り除く
            var unused = withRepetition ? items : items.SkipWhile(e => !e.Equals(item)).Skip(1).ToList();

            foreach (var rightside in Enumerate(unused, k - 1, withRepetition)) {
                yield return leftside.Concat(rightside).ToArray();
            }
        }
    }
}