Problem:
Score : 200 points

Problem Statement

We have a permutation p = {p_1,\ p_2,\ ...,\ p_n} of {1,\ 2,\ ...,\ n}.

Print the number of elements p_i (1 < i < n) that satisfy the following condition:

p_i is the second smallest number among the three numbers p_{i - 1}, p_i, and p_{i + 1}.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

3 \leq n \leq 20

p is a permutation of {1,\ 2,\ ...,\ n}.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

n
p_1 p_2 ... p_n

Output

Print the number of elements p_i (1 < i < n) that satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 1

5
1 3 5 4 2

Sample Output 1

2

p_2 = 3 is the second smallest number among p_1 = 1, p_2 = 3, and p_3 = 5. Also, p_4 = 4 is the second smallest number among p_3 = 5, p_4 = 4, and p_5 = 2. These two elements satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 2

9
9 6 3 2 5 8 7 4 1

Sample Output 2

5

Solution in Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

// https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc132/tasks/abc132_b
//
#![allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::*;
use std::fmt::*;
use std::str::*;
use std::cmp::*;
use std::collections::*;

macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let s = {
            use std::io::Read;
            let mut s = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
            s
        };
        let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($iter:expr) => {};
    ($iter:expr, ) => {};

    ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($iter, usize) - 1
    };

    ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! dvec {
    ($t:expr ; $len:expr) => {
        vec![$t; $len]
    };

    ($t:expr ; $len:expr, $($rest:expr),*) => {
        vec![dvec!($t; $($rest),*); $len]
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! ifv {
    ($t:expr, $a:expr, $b: expr) => {
        if $t { $a } else { $b }
    }
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($a:expr),*) => {
        println!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
    }
}

fn main() {
    input! {
        n: usize, p: [i32; n]
    };

    let mut count = 0;
    for i in 1..n-1 {
        let mut ve = vec![p[i-1], p[i], p[i+1]];
        ve.sort();
        if ve[1] == p[i] {
            count += 1;
        }
    }
    println!("{}", count);
}