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)

def get_i() #空白区切の入力を数値(整数)の配列で返す
  return gets.chomp.split(" ").map(&:to_i)
end
def get_f() #空白区切の入力を数値(実数)の配列で返す
  return gets.chomp.split(" ").map(&:to_f)
end
def get() #空白区切の入力を文字列の配列で返す
  return gets.chomp.split(" ")
end
def get_nsp() #入力されたものを一文字ずつに区切った文字列の配列で返す
  return gets.chomp.split("")
end
def yn_judge(bool,y="Yes",n="No") #boolに真偽を投げることで、trueならy、falseならnの値を出力する
  return bool ? y : n 
end
def array(size1,init=nil,size2=-1) #size2に二次元配列時の最初の要素数、size1に次の配列の大きさ、initに初期値を投げることでその配列を返す
  if size2==-1
    return Array.new(size1){init}
  else
    return Array.new(size2){Array.new(size1){init}}
  end
end

N=gets.to_i
A=get_i
flag=0
ans=1
(N-1).times do|i|
  case flag
  when 0 then
      if A[i]<A[i+1]
          flag=1
      elsif A[i]>A[i+1]
          flag=-1
      end
  when 1 then
      if A[i]>A[i+1]
        ans+=1
        flag=0
      end
  when -1 then
      if A[i]<A[i+1]
          ans+=1
          flag=0
      end
  end
end
puts ans