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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Your code here!
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        int n = sc.nextInt();
        
        boolean up = true;
        boolean down = true;
        
        int prev = sc.nextInt();
        n--;
        int count = 0;
        while (n-- > 0) {
            int next = sc.nextInt();
            if (prev < next) down = false;
            if (prev > next) up = false;
            
            if (!up && !down) {
                count++;
                up = true;
                down = true;
            }
            prev = next;
        }
        System.out.println(count+1);
        
    }
}