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;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static program.Input;
using static program.MyMath;
using static System.Console;

namespace program {
  class Program {
    static string Alp = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    static void Main()
    {
      var n = ScanInt();
      var h = ScanIntArray();
      int prev = 0;
      int count = 0;
      for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
        if(h[i] > prev) 
          count += h[i] - prev;
        prev = h[i];
      }
      WriteLine(count);
    }
  }
    
  static class Input {
    static public int ScanInt() { return int.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static public uint ScanUint() { return uint.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static public double ScanDouble() { return double.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static public long ScanLong() { return long.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static public ulong ScanUlong() { return ulong.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); }
    static public int[] ScanIntArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => int.Parse(x)).ToArray(); }
    static public uint[] ScanUintArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => uint.Parse(x)).ToArray(); }
    static public double[] ScanDoubleArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => double.Parse(x)).ToArray(); }
    static public long[] ScanLongArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => long.Parse(x)).ToArray(); }
    static public ulong[] ScanUlongArray() { return Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => ulong.Parse(x)).ToArray(); }

    static public string ScanStr() { return Console.ReadLine(); }
    static public string[] ScanStrArray() { return ScanStr().Split(); }
  }
  
  static class MyMath {
    public static int GCD(int a, int b) {
        Func<int, int, int> gcd = null;
        gcd = (x, y) => y == 0 ? x : gcd(y, x % y);
        return a > b ? gcd(a, b) : gcd(b, a);
    }
    public static long GCD(long a, long b) {
        Func<long, long, long> gcd = null;
        gcd = (x, y) => y == 0 ? x : gcd(y, x % y);
        return a > b ? gcd(a, b) : gcd(b, a);
    }
    public static ulong extGCD(ulong a, ulong b, ref ulong x, ref ulong y) {
      if(b==0) {
        x=1; 
        y=0;
        return a;
      }
      var d = extGCD(b, a%b, ref y, ref x);
      y -= a/b *x;
      return d;
    }
    public static int LCM(int a, int b) { return a * b / GCD(a, b); }
    public static long LCM(long a, long b) { return a * b / GCD(a, b); }
  }
}