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 OCaml (4.02.3) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)

let () =
  let n = Scanf.scanf "%d\n" (fun n -> n) in
  let as_ = Array.init n (fun _ -> Scanf.scanf "%d " (fun a -> a)) in
  Array.to_list as_
  |> (fun (h :: t) ->
    List.fold_left (fun (acc, a, dir) a' ->
      if dir = 0 || compare a a' = dir then (acc, a', compare a a')
      else (1 + acc, a', 0)) (1, h, 0) t)
  |> (fun (acc, _, _) -> acc)
  |> Printf.printf "%d\n"