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(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, BinaryHeap, VecDeque, BTreeSet, BTreeMap};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::iter::FromIterator;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::stdin;

mod util {
    use std::io::stdin;
    use std::str::FromStr;
    use std::fmt::Debug;

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn line() -> String {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().to_string()
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn gets<T: FromStr>() -> Vec<T>
    where
        <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
    {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.split_whitespace()
            .map(|t| t.parse().unwrap())
            .collect()
    }
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! get {
    ($t:ty) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.trim().parse::<$t>().unwrap()
        }
    };
    ($($t:ty),*) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            let mut iter = line.split_whitespace();
            (
                $(iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap(),)*
            )
        }
    };
    ($t:ty; $n:expr) => {
        (0..$n).map(|_|
                    get!($t)
                   ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
    ($($t:ty),*; $n:expr) => {
        (0..$n).map(|_|
                    get!($($t),*)
                   ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
    ($t:ty ;;) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.split_whitespace()
                .map(|t| t.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($a:expr),*) => {
        println!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let n = get!(usize);
    let aa = util::gets::<usize>();

    let mut ans = 1;
    let mut s = aa[0];
    let mut p = aa[0];

    for &a in &aa {
        if (a >= p && a >= s && p >= s) || (a <= p && a <= s && p <= s) {
            p = a;
        } else {
            ans += 1;
            s = a;
            p = a;
        }
    }

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