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 Kotlin (1.0.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.BufferedReader
import java.io.InputStream
import java.io.InputStreamReader
import java.io.PrintWriter
import java.lang.StringBuilder
import java.util.*

fun PrintWriter.solve(sc: FastScanner) {
    val n = sc.nextInt()
    val a = Array(n) { sc.nextInt() }
    var count = 1
    var state = 0
    for (i in 1 until n) {
        if (state > 0 && a[i - 1] > a[i]) {
            count++
            state = 0
        } else if (state < 0 && a[i - 1] < a[i]) {
            count++
            state = 0
        } else if (a[i - 1] < a[i]) {
            state = 1
        } else if (a[i - 1] > a[i]) {
            state = -1
        }
    }
    println(count)
}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val writer = PrintWriter(System.out, false)
    writer.solve(FastScanner(System.`in`))
    writer.flush()
}

class FastScanner(s: InputStream) {
    private var st = StringTokenizer("")
    private val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(s))

    fun next(): String {
        while (!st.hasMoreTokens()) st = StringTokenizer(br.readLine())

        return st.nextToken()
    }

    fun nextInt() = next().toInt()
    fun nextLong() = next().toLong()
    fun nextLine() = br.readLine()
    fun nextDouble() = next().toDouble()
    fun ready() = br.ready()
}