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

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static System.Console;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using static System.Math;
using System.Numerics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;
using System.Xml.Schema;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Xml.XPath;

namespace AtCoder
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //SetOut(new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
            Solve();
            //Out.Flush();
            Read();
        }

        static void Solve()
        {
            var n = Sarray()[0];
            var pi = Sarray();
            var cnt = 0L;
            for (var i = 0; i < n - 2; ++i)
            {
                if (pi[i + 1] == pi.Skip(i).Take(3).OrderBy(p => p).ToArray()[1])
                    ++cnt;
            }
            WriteLine(cnt);
        }

        static long Gcd(long x, long y) => y == 0 ? x : Gcd(y, x % y);
        static long Lcm(long x, long y) => x / Gcd(x, y) * y;

        static long Mod = (long)1e9 + 7;
        static public long[] Sarray() { return ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToArray(); }
        static public List<long> Slist() { return ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToList(); }
        static public (T1 a, T2 b) Slice<T1, T2>()
        {
            var t = ReadLine().Split();
            return (
            (T1)Convert.ChangeType(t[0], typeof(T1)),
            (T2)Convert.ChangeType(t[1], typeof(T2)));
        }
        static public (T a, T b) Slice2<T>()
        {
            var t = ReadLine().Split();
            return (
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[0], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[1], typeof(T)));
        }
        static public (T a, T b, T c) Slice3<T>()
        {
            var t = ReadLine().Split();
            return (
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[0], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[1], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[2], typeof(T)));
        }
        static public (T a, T b, T c, T d) Slice4<T>()
        {
            var t = ReadLine().Split();
            return (
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[0], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[1], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[2], typeof(T)),
            (T)Convert.ChangeType(t[3], typeof(T)));
        }
    }
}