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: Wrong Answer)

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 , mut $ var : ident : $ t : tt $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let mut $ var = read_value ! ( $ iter , $ t ) ; input_inner ! { $ iter $ ( $ r ) * } } ; ( $ iter : expr , mut $ var : ident $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let mut $ var = $ iter . next ( ) . unwrap ( ) . parse ::< usize > ( ) . unwrap ( ) ; input_inner ! { $ iter $ ( $ r ) * } } ; ( $ iter : expr , $ var : ident : $ t : tt $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let $ var = read_value ! ( $ iter , $ t ) ; input_inner ! { $ iter $ ( $ r ) * } } ; ( $ iter : expr , $ var : ident $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let $ var = $ iter . next ( ) . unwrap ( ) . parse ::< usize > ( ) . unwrap ( ) ; 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 > ( ) . unwrap ( ) } ; }
fn main() {
    input! {
        n: u64,
        a: [u64; n],
    }
    let mut count = 0;
    let mut k = 0;
    for i in 0..(a.len() - 1) {
        if k == 0 {
            k += 1;
        } else if (a[i - 1] < a[i] && a[i] < a[i + 1]) || (a[i - 1] > a[i] && a[i] > a[i + 1]) {
            k += 1;
        } else {
            k = 0;
            count += 1;
        }
    }
    println!("{}", count);
}