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)

use std::io::{self, Stdin};
use std::str::{self, FromStr};
use std::error::Error;

fn exec() {
    let mut sc = Scanner::new();
    let n: usize = sc.ne();
    let a: Vec<i64> = (0..n).map(|_| sc.ne()).collect();
    enum State {
        Down,
        Up,
        Same,
    }
    let mut s = State::Same;
    let mut cnt = 1;
    for i in 1..n {
        let b = a[i - 1];
        let c = a[i];
        if b == c {
            continue;
        }
        if b > c {
            s = match s {
                State::Up => {
                    cnt += 1;
                    State::Same
                }
                _ => State::Down,
            };
        } else if b < c {
            s = match s {
                State::Down => {
                    cnt += 1;
                    State::Same
                }
                _ => State::Up,
            }
        }
    }
    println!("{}", cnt);
}

fn main() {
    const STACK: usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
    let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
        .stack_size(STACK)
        .spawn(|| { exec(); })
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
struct Scanner {
    stdin: Stdin,
    id: usize,
    buf: Vec<u8>,
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl Scanner {
    fn new() -> Scanner {
        Scanner {
            stdin: io::stdin(),
            id: 0,
            buf: Vec::new(),
        }
    }
    fn next_line(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        let mut res = String::new();
        match self.stdin.read_line(&mut res) {
            Ok(0) => None,
            Ok(_) => Some(res),
            Err(why) => panic!("error in read_line: {}", why.description()),
        }
    }
    fn next<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        while self.buf.len() == 0 {
            self.buf = match self.next_line() {
                Some(r) => {
                    self.id = 0;
                    r.trim().as_bytes().to_owned()
                }
                None => return None,
            };
        }
        let l = self.id;
        assert!(self.buf[l] != b' ');
        let n = self.buf.len();
        let mut r = l;
        while r < n && self.buf[r] != b' ' {
            r += 1;
        }
        let res = match str::from_utf8(&self.buf[l..r]).ok().unwrap().parse::<T>() {
            Ok(s) => Some(s),
            Err(_) => {
                panic!("parse error, {:?}",
                       String::from_utf8(self.buf[l..r].to_owned()))
            }
        };
        while r < n && self.buf[r] == b' ' {
            r += 1;
        }
        if r == n {
            self.buf.clear();
        } else {
            self.id = r;
        }
        res
    }
    fn ne<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        self.next::<T>().unwrap()
    }
}