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;

namespace Contest
{
    class Scanner
    {
        private string[] line = new string[0];
        private int index = 0;
        public string Next()
        {
            if (line.Length <= index)
            {
                line = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
                index = 0;
            }
            var res = line[index];
            index++;
            return res;
        }
        public int NextInt()
        {
            return int.Parse(Next());
        }
        public long NextLong()
        {
            return long.Parse(Next());
        }
        public string[] Array()
        {
            line = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            index = line.Length;
            return line;
        }
        public int[] IntArray()
        {
            var array = Array();
            var result = new int[array.Length];
            for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
            {
                result[i] = int.Parse(array[i]);
            }

            return result;
        }
        public long[] LongArray()
        {
            var array = Array();
            var result = new long[array.Length];
            for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
            {
                result[i] = long.Parse(array[i]);
            }

            return result;
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        private int N;
        private int[] H;
        private void Scan()
        {
            Scanner sc = new Scanner();
            N = sc.NextInt();
            H = sc.IntArray();
        }



        public void Solve()
        {
            Scan();
            int cnt = 0;
            while (true)
            {
                bool flag = true;
                int l;
                for (l = 0; l < N; l++)
                {
                    if (H[l] > 0)
                    {
                        flag = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (flag) break;
                int min = int.MaxValue;
                int r;
                for (r = l; r < N; r++)
                {
                    if (H[r] == 0)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    min = Math.Min(min, H[r]);
                }
                cnt += min;
                for (int i = l; i < r; i++)
                {
                    H[i] -= min;
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine(cnt);
        }

        static void Main(string[] args) => new Program().Solve();
    }
}