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)

#![allow(non_snake_case)]
#![allow(unused_variables)]
#![allow(dead_code)]

fn main() {
    let N: usize = {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().parse().unwrap()
    };
    let A: Vec<i64> = {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.split_whitespace()
            .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap())
            .collect()
    };

    let (ans, _, _) = A[1..].iter().fold((1, A[0], 0), |(res, prev, sign), &a| {
        let d = a - prev;
        if d == 0 { (res, a, sign) }
        else if d > 0 && sign >= 0 || d <= 0 && sign <= 0 { (res, a, d) }
        else { (res + 1, a, 0) }
    });

    println!("{}", ans);
}