Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

In a flower bed, there are N flowers, numbered 1,2,......,N. Initially, the heights of all flowers are 0.
You are given a sequence h=\{h_1,h_2,h_3,......\} as input. You would like to change the height of Flower k to h_k for all k (1 \leq k \leq N), by repeating the following "watering" operation:

Specify integers l and r. Increase the height of Flower x by 1 for all x such that l \leq x \leq r.

Find the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq h_i \leq 100

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
h_1 h_2 h_3 ...... h_N

Output

Print the minimum number of watering operations required to satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 1

4
1 2 2 1

Sample Output 1

2

The minimum number of watering operations required is 2.
One way to achieve it is:

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(1,3).

Perform the operation with (l,r)=(2,4).

Sample Input 2

5
3 1 2 3 1

Sample Output 2

5

Sample Input 3

8
4 23 75 0 23 96 50 100

Sample Output 3

221

Solution in Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

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

use std::str::FromStr;
use std::io::*;
use std::collections::*;
use std::cmp::*;

struct Scanner<I: Iterator<Item = char>> {
    iter: std::iter::Peekable<I>,
}

macro_rules! exit {
    () => {{
        exit!(0)
    }};
    ($code:expr) => {{
        if cfg!(local) {
            writeln!(std::io::stderr(), "===== Terminated =====")
                .expect("failed printing to stderr");
        }
        std::process::exit($code);
    }}
}

impl<I: Iterator<Item = char>> Scanner<I> {
    pub fn new(iter: I) -> Scanner<I> {
        Scanner {
            iter: iter.peekable(),
        }
    }

    pub fn safe_get_token(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        let token = self.iter
            .by_ref()
            .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace())
            .take_while(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
            .collect::<String>();
        if token.is_empty() {
            None
        } else {
            Some(token)
        }
    }

    pub fn token(&mut self) -> String {
        self.safe_get_token().unwrap_or_else(|| exit!())
    }

    pub fn get<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        self.token().parse::<T>().unwrap_or_else(|_| exit!())
    }

    pub fn vec<T: FromStr>(&mut self, len: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..len).map(|_| self.get()).collect()
    }

    pub fn mat<T: FromStr>(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize) -> Vec<Vec<T>> {
        (0..row).map(|_| self.vec(col)).collect()
    }

    pub fn char(&mut self) -> char {
        self.iter.next().unwrap_or_else(|| exit!())
    }

    pub fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.get::<String>().chars().collect()
    }

    pub fn mat_chars(&mut self, row: usize) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
        (0..row).map(|_| self.chars()).collect()
    }

    pub fn line(&mut self) -> String {
        if self.peek().is_some() {
            self.iter
                .by_ref()
                .take_while(|&c| !(c == '\n' || c == '\r'))
                .collect::<String>()
        } else {
            exit!();
        }
    }

    pub fn peek(&mut self) -> Option<&char> {
        self.iter.peek()
    }
}

fn main() {
    let cin = stdin();
    let cin = cin.lock();
    let mut sc = Scanner::new(cin.bytes().map(|c| c.unwrap() as char));
    let N: usize = sc.get();
    let mut h: Vec<usize> = sc.vec(N);
    let mut ans = 0;
    loop {
        let mut cur = 0;
        while cur < N {
            while cur < N && h[cur] == 0 {
                cur += 1;
            }
            if cur >= N {
                break;
            }
            let mut d = h[cur];
            let mut end = cur + 1;
            while end < N && h[end] != 0 {
                d = min(d, h[end]);
                end += 1;
            }
            for i in cur..end {
                h[i] -= d;
            }
            ans += d;
        }
        for &hi in &h {
            if hi != 0 {
                continue;
            }
        }
        break;
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}