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 Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

fn main() {
    let n: usize = readln();
    let a: Vec<i64> = readln();
    let mut first = None;
    let mut second = None;
    let mut ans = 1;
    for &x in &a {
        if let Some(f) = first {
            if let Some(s) = second {
                if (f <= s && s <= x) || (f >= s && s >= x) {
                    second = Some(x);
                } else {
                    ans += 1;
                    second = None;
                    first = Some(x);
                }
            } else {
                second = Some(x);
            }
        } else {
            first = Some(x);
        }
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}

// --- template ---
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};

pub trait FromLn {
    fn fromln(s: &str) -> Self;
}
pub fn readln<T: FromLn>() -> T {
    let mut buf = String::new();
    let _ = ::std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();
    T::fromln(buf.trim())
}
pub fn readlns<T: FromLn>(n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
    let mut vs = vec![];
    for _ in 0..n {
        vs.push(readln());
    }
    vs
}
macro_rules! fromln_primitives {
    ($($t:ty),*) => { $(
        impl FromLn for $t {
            fn fromln(s: &str) -> $t {
                s.parse().unwrap()
            }
        }
    )* }
}
fromln_primitives!(
    String,
    bool,
    f32,
    f64,
    isize,
    i8,
    i16,
    i32,
    i64,
    usize,
    u8,
    u16,
    u32,
    u64
);
impl<T> FromLn for Vec<T>
where
    T: FromLn,
{
    fn fromln(s: &str) -> Vec<T> {
        s.split_whitespace().map(T::fromln).collect()
    }
}
impl FromLn for Vec<char> {
    fn fromln(s: &str) -> Vec<char> {
        s.chars().collect()
    }
}
macro_rules! fromln_tuple {
    ($($t:ident),*) => {
        impl<$($t),*> FromLn for ($($t),*) where $($t: FromLn),* {
            fn fromln(s: &str) -> ($($t),*) {
                let mut it = s.split_whitespace();
                let t = ($($t::fromln(it.next().unwrap())),*);
                assert_eq!(it.next(), None);
                t
            }
        }
    }
}
fromln_tuple!(A, B);
fromln_tuple!(A, B, C);
fromln_tuple!(A, B, C, D);
fromln_tuple!(A, B, C, D, E);
fromln_tuple!(A, B, C, D, E, F);