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;

class Procon
{
    public Procon() { }
    static void Main(string[] agrs)
    {
        new Procon().Do();
    }

    Scanner cin;

    public void Do()
    {
        cin = new Scanner();
        int N = cin.nextInt();
        int[] h = cin.arrayInt();

        int ret = 0;
        while (true)
        {
            bool start = false;
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                if (!start)
                {
                    if (h[i] > 0)
                    {
                        start = true;
                    }
                    else if (i == N - 1)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(ret);
                        return;
                    }
                }
                if (start)
                {
                    if (h[i] == 0)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    h[i]--;
                }
            }
            ret++;
        }
    }
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] s;
    int i;
    int max_i;

    public Scanner()
    {
        s = new string[0];
        max_i = 0;
        i = 0;
    }

    public string nextString()
    {
        if (i >= s.Length)
        {
            s = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            max_i = s.Length;
            i = 0;
            if (max_i == 0)
            {
                return "";
            }
            return s[i++];
        }
        else
        {
            return s[i++];
        }
    }

    public int nextInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(nextString());
    }


    public long nextLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(nextString());
    }

    public double nextDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(nextString());
    }

    public string[] arrayString()
    {
        return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
    }

    public int[] arrayInt()
    {
        string[] str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        int[] array = new int[str.Length];
        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = int.Parse(str[i]);
        }
        return array;
    }

    public long[] arrayLong()
    {
        string[] str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        long[] array = new long[str.Length];
        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = long.Parse(str[i]);
        }
        return array;
    }

    public double[] arrayDouble()
    {
        string[] str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        double[] array = new double[str.Length];
        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = double.Parse(str[i]);
        }
        return array;
    }
}