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: Time Limit Exceeded)

#![allow(unused_imports, unused_macros, dead_code)]

macro_rules! min {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        it.next().map(|z| it.fold(z, |x, y| min!(x, y)))
    }};
    ($x:expr) => ($x);
    ($x:expr, $($ys:expr),*) => {{
        let t = min!($($ys),*);
        if $x < t { $x } else { t }
    }}
}
macro_rules! max {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        it.next().map(|z| it.fold(z, |x, y| max!(x, y)))
    }};
    ($x:expr) => ($x);
    ($x:expr, $($ys:expr),*) => {{
        let t = max!($($ys),*);
        if $x > t { $x } else { t }
    }}
}
macro_rules! ewriteln {
    ($($args:expr),*) => { let _ = writeln!(&mut std::io::stderr(), $($args),*); };
}
macro_rules! trace {
    ($x:expr) => { ewriteln!(">>> {} = {:?}", stringify!($x), $x) };
    ($($xs:expr),*) => { trace!(($($xs),*)) }
}
macro_rules! put {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        if let Some(x) = it.next() { print!("{}", x); }
        for x in it { print!(" {}", x); }
        println!("");
    }};
    ($x:expr) => { println!("{}", $x) };
    ($x:expr, $($xs:expr),*) => { print!("{} ", $x); put!($($xs),*) }
}

const M: i64 = 1_000_000_007;

struct DefaultMap<S, T> {
    data: std::collections::HashMap<S, T>,
    default: T,
}
impl<S: Eq + std::hash::Hash, T> DefaultMap<S, T> {
    fn new(default: T) -> DefaultMap<S, T> {
        DefaultMap {
            data: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
            default: default
        }
    }
    fn keys(&self) -> std::collections::hash_map::Keys<S, T> { self.data.keys() }
    fn iter(&self) -> std::collections::hash_map::Iter<S, T> { self.data.iter() }
    fn len(&self) -> usize { self.data.len() }
}
impl<S: Eq + std::hash::Hash, T> std::ops::Index<S> for DefaultMap<S, T> {
    type Output = T;
    fn index(&self, key: S) -> &Self::Output {
        if let Some(val) = self.data.get(&key) {
            val
        } else {
            &self.default
        }
    }
}
impl<S: Eq + std::hash::Hash + Clone, T: Clone> std::ops::IndexMut<S> for DefaultMap<S, T> {
    fn index_mut(&mut self, key: S) -> &mut Self::Output {
        self.data.entry(key.clone()).or_insert(self.default.clone());
        self.data.get_mut(&key).unwrap()
    }
}

fn solve(xs: &[usize], mut memo: &mut DefaultMap<usize, Option<usize>>) -> usize {
    if xs.len() == 0 {
        return 0
    }
    if xs.len() <= 2 {
        return 1
    }
    if let Some(ans) = memo[xs.len()] {
        return ans
    }
    let n = xs.len();
    // <=
    let a = {
        let mut k = 0;
        for i in 1..n {
            if xs[i-1] > xs[i] {
                k = i;
                break
            }
            k = n;
        }
        1 + solve(&xs[k..], &mut memo)
    };
    // >=
    let b = {
        let mut k = 0;
        for i in 1..n {
            if xs[i - 1] < xs[i] {
                k = i;
                break
            }
            k = n;
        }
        1 + solve(&xs[k..], &mut memo)
    };
    let ans = min!(a, b);
    memo[n] = Some(ans);
    ans
}

fn main() {
    let mut sc = Scanner::new();
    let n: usize = sc.cin();
    if n <= 2 { put!(1); return }
    let xs: Vec<usize> = sc.vec(n);
    let mut memo = DefaultMap::new(None);
    put!(solve(&xs, &mut memo));
}

use std::io::{self, Write};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::collections::VecDeque;

struct Scanner { stdin: io::Stdin, buffer: VecDeque<String>, }
impl Scanner {
    fn new() -> Self { Scanner { stdin: io::stdin(), buffer: VecDeque::new() } }
    fn cin<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        while self.buffer.len() == 0 {
            let mut line = String::new();
            let _ = self.stdin.read_line(&mut line);
            for w in line.split_whitespace() {
                self.buffer.push_back(String::from(w));
            }
        }
        self.buffer.pop_front().unwrap().parse::<T>().ok().unwrap()
    }
    fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> { self.cin::<String>().chars().collect() }
    fn vec<T: FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> { (0..n).map(|_| self.cin()).collect() }
}