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 Python (3.8.2) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)

'''
Created on 2020/08/28

@author: harurun
'''
def main():
  import sys
  pin=sys.stdin.readline
  pout=sys.stdout.write
  perr=sys.stderr.write
  
  N=int(pin())
  A=list(map(int,pin().split()))
  if N==1 or N==2:
    print(1)
    return
  ans=1
  i=0
  while i<N-2:
    if (A[i]<A[i+1] and A[i+1]>A[i+2]) or (A[i]>A[i+1] and A[i+1]<A[i+2]):
      ans+=1
      i+=1
    i+=1
  print(ans)
  return
main()