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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner in = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)));
		int n = in.nextInt();
		int[] p = new int[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			p[i] = in.nextInt();
		System.out.println(solve(p));
		in.close();
	}

	private static int solve(int[] p) {
		int r = 0;
		for (int i = 1; i < p.length - 1; i++)
			if (p[i - 1] < p[i] && p[i] <= p[i + 1])
				r++;
			else if (p[i] > p[i + 1] && p[i] <= p[i - 1])
				r++;
		return r;
	}
}