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 (3.4.3) (judge verdict: Accepted)

N=int(input())
a=list(map(int,input().split()))
cnt=1
val='0'
for n in range(1,N):
	if a[n-1]==a[n] or (val=='+' and a[n-1]<a[n]) or (val=='-' and a[n-1]>a[n]):
		pass
	elif val=='0':
		 if a[n-1]<a[n]:
		 	val='+'
		 elif a[n-1]>a[n]:
		 	val='-'
	else:
		val='0'
		cnt+=1
print(cnt)