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# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using BitArray = System.Collections.BitArray;
using BigInteger = System.Numerics.BigInteger;

namespace AtCoderProject
{
    public class Program
    {
        public object Calc()
        {
            var n = consoleReader.Int;
            var p = consoleReader.Split.Int;
            var count = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i < n - 1; i++)
            {
                if ((p[i - 1] > p[i] && p[i] > p[i + 1]) || (p[i - 1] < p[i] && p[i] < p[i + 1]))
                    count++;
            }
            return count;
        }

        #region いつもの
        private readonly ConsoleReader consoleReader;
        public Program(ConsoleReader consoleReader) { this.consoleReader = consoleReader; }
        static void Main() => Console.WriteLine(new Program(new ConsoleReader()).Calc()); static string AllLines<T>(IEnumerable<T> source) => string.Join("\n", source);
        #endregion
    }

#pragma warning disable
    public class ConsoleReader { public class SplitLine { string[] splited; public SplitLine(string line) { splited = line.Split(); } public string[] String => splited.ToArray(); public int[] Int => splited.Select(int.Parse).ToArray(); public long[] Long => splited.Select(long.Parse).ToArray(); public ulong[] ULong => splited.Select(ulong.Parse).ToArray(); public double[] Double => splited.Select(double.Parse).ToArray(); } public class RepeatLine { ConsoleReader reader; int num; public RepeatLine(ConsoleReader reader, int num) { this.reader = reader; this.num = num; } public IEnumerable<string> String { get { for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) yield return reader.String; } } public IEnumerable<int> Int { get { for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) yield return reader.Int; } } public IEnumerable<long> Long { get { for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) yield return reader.Long; } } public IEnumerable<string[]> SplitString { get { for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) yield return reader.Split.String; } } public IEnumerable<int[]> SplitInt { get { for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) yield return reader.Split.Int; } } } public virtual string String => Console.ReadLine(); public int Int => int.Parse(String); public long Long => long.Parse(String); public ulong ULong => ulong.Parse(String); public double Double => double.Parse(String); public SplitLine Split => new SplitLine(String); public RepeatLine Repeat(int count) => new RepeatLine(this, count); }
}