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)

//! ----------------------------------------------
//! Framework <https://github.com/vain0x/procon>
//!
//! See the bottom of file for solution.
//! ----------------------------------------------

#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(non_snake_case)]

use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
use std::collections::*;
use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Write as FmtWrite};
use std::io::{stderr, stdin, BufRead, Write};
use std::mem::{replace, swap};
use std::ops::*;
use std::rc::Rc;

/// Print values to standard error if debug mode.
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($e:expr),*) => {
        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
        $({
            let (e, mut err) = (stringify!($e), stderr());
            writeln!(err, "\x1B[33m{}\x1B[0m = {:?}", e, $e).unwrap()
        })*
    };
}

/// Read from standard input and parse each word.
/// - `read!(T, U, ..)` parses a line as a tuple of words.
/// - `read![[T]]` parses a line as an array of words.
/// - `read![..; N]` parses `N` lines, using `read!(..)` repeatedly.
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read {
    ([$t:ty] ; $n:expr) =>
        ((0..$n).map(|_| read!([$t])).collect::<Vec<_>>());
    ($($t:ty),+ ; $n:expr) =>
        ((0..$n).map(|_| read!($($t),+)).collect::<Vec<_>>());
    ([$t:ty]) =>
        (rl().split_whitespace().map(|w| w.parse().unwrap()).collect::<Vec<$t>>());
    ($($t:ty),*) => {{
        let buf = rl();
        let mut w = buf.split_whitespace();
        ($(w.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap()),*)
    }};
}

/// Read a line from standard input.
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn rl() -> String {
    let mut buf = String::new();
    stdin().read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();

    #[allow(deprecated)]
    buf.trim_right().to_owned()
}

// -----------------------------------------------
// Solution
// -----------------------------------------------

fn main() {
    let n = read!(usize);
    let p = read![[usize]];

    let mut count = 0;
    for y in 1..n - 1 {
        let x = y - 1;
        let z = y + 1;

        if (p[x] < p[y] && p[y] < p[z]) || (p[x] > p[y] && p[y] > p[z]) {
            count += 1;
        }
    }

    println!("{}", count)
}