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.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

static class Program
{
    private static string Read() { return Console.ReadLine(); }
    private static int ReadInt() { return int.Parse(Read()); }
    private static long ReadLong() { return long.Parse(Read()); }
    private static double ReadDouble() { return double.Parse(Read()); }
    private static int[] ReadInts() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), int.Parse); }
    private static long[] ReadLongs() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), long.Parse); }
    private static double[] ReadDoubles() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), double.Parse); }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int N = ReadInt();
        long[] A = ReadLongs();
        int count = 1;
        long d1 = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < N; ++i)
        {
            long d2 = A[i] - A[i - 1];
            if (d1 * d2 < 0)
            {
                ++count;
                d1 = 0;
            }
            else if (d2 != 0)
            {
                d1 = d2;
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine(count);
    }
}