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.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace AtCorder
{
	public class Program
	{
		const int MOD = 1000000007;
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			Scanner cin = new Scanner();
			int n = cin.Int();
			long[] a = new long[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				a[i] = cin.Long();
			}

			long ans = 0;
			bool? upper = null;
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				if (i == n - 1) {
					++ans;
					break;
				}

				if (a[i + 1] == a[i]) {
					continue;
				} else if (a[i + 1] > a[i]) {
					if (upper == false) {
						upper = null;
						++ans;
					} else {
						upper = true;
					}
				} else {
					if (upper == true) {
						upper = null;
						++ans;
					} else {
						upper = false;
					}
				}
			}

			Console.WriteLine(Math.Max(ans, 1));
		}
	}

	public class Scanner
	{
		private readonly char[] delimiter_ = new char[] { ' ' };
		private string[] buf_;
		private int index_;
		
		public Scanner()
		{
			buf_ = new string[0];
			index_ = 0;
		}

		public string Next()
		{
			if (index_ < buf_.Length) {
				return buf_[index_++];
			}

			string st = Console.ReadLine();
			while (st == "") {
				st = Console.ReadLine();
			}

			buf_ = st.Split(delimiter_, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
			if (buf_.Length == 0) {
				return Next();
			}

			index_ = 0;
			return buf_[index_++];
		}

		public int Int()
		{
			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] = Int() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}

		public long Long()
		{
			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] = Long() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}

		public double Double()
		{
			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] = Double() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}
	}
}