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)

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp;

// Input macro from https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
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")
  };
}

fn main() {
  input! {
    n: usize,
    ps: [usize; n],
  }
  let mut count = 0;
  for i in 1 .. n - 1 {
    if ps[i-1] < ps[i] && ps[i] < ps[i+1] || ps[i-1] > ps[i] && ps[i] > ps[i+1] {
      count += 1;
    }
  }

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