Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

In a flower bed, there are N flowers, numbered 1,2,......,N. Initially, the heights of all flowers are 0.
You are given a sequence h=\{h_1,h_2,h_3,......\} as input. You would like to change the height of Flower k to h_k for all k (1 \leq k \leq N), by repeating the following "watering" operation:

Specify integers l and r. Increase the height of Flower x by 1 for all x such that l \leq x \leq r.

Find the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq h_i \leq 100

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
h_1 h_2 h_3 ...... h_N

Output

Print the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 1

4
1 2 2 1

Sample Output 1

2

The minimum number of watering operations required is 2.
One way to achieve it is:

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(1,3).

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(2,4).

Sample Input 2

5
3 1 2 3 1

Sample Output 2

5

Sample Input 3

8
4 23 75 0 23 96 50 100

Sample Output 3

221

Solution in Kotlin (1.3.71) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.BufferedReader
import java.io.InputStreamReader
import java.io.PrintWriter

val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(System.`in`))
val out = PrintWriter(System.out)

fun main() {
    br.use { out.use {
        solve()
        out.flush()
    } }
}

fun solve() {
    val n = readInteger()
    val hList = readIntegerList().toIntArray()
    var ans = 0
    while (true) {
        val noneZeroCount = hList.count { it > 0 }
        if (noneZeroCount == 0) break

        var left = 0
        while (left < n - 1 && hList[left] == 0) left++

        var right = left
        while (right < n && hList[right] > 0) right++

        for (i in left until right) hList[i]--

        ans++
    }
    out.println(ans)
}

fun readInteger() = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine())
fun readLong() = java.lang.Long.parseLong(br.readLine())
fun readStringList() = br.readLine()!!.split(' ')
fun readIntegerList() = readStringList().map(Integer::parseInt)
fun readLongList() = readStringList().map(java.lang.Long::parseLong)
fun readDoubleList() = readStringList().map(java.lang.Double::parseDouble)