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 Ruby (2.3.3) (judge verdict: Accepted)

STDIN.gets
numbers = STDIN.gets.split(' ').map(&:to_i)

split = 0

prev = numbers.first
diff = 0
numbers[1..-1].each do |n|
  if (prev < n)
    if (diff == -1)
      split += 1
      diff = 0
    else
      diff = 1
    end
  elsif (prev > n)
    if (diff == 1)
      split += 1
      diff = 0
    else
      diff = -1
    end
  else
    nil
  end
  prev = n
end

puts split + 1