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(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::iter::FromIterator;
mod util {
    use std::fmt::Debug;
    use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, StdoutLock};
    use std::str::FromStr;
    #[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 chars() -> Vec<char> {
        line().chars().collect()
    }
    #[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(dead_code)]
    pub fn with_bufwriter<F: FnOnce(BufWriter<StdoutLock>) -> ()>(f: F) {
        let out = stdout();
        let writer = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
        f(writer)
    }
}
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! get { ( [ $ 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 < _ >> ( ) } } ; ( [ $ 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 . 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 < _ >> ( ) } ; }
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! debug { ( $ ( $ a : expr ) ,* ) => { eprintln ! ( concat ! ( $ ( stringify ! ( $ a ) , " = {:?}, " ) ,* ) , $ ( $ a ) ,* ) ; } }
const BIG_STACK_SIZE: bool = true;
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn main() {
    use std::thread;
    if BIG_STACK_SIZE {
        thread::Builder::new()
            .stack_size(32 * 1024 * 1024)
            .name("solve".into())
            .spawn(solve)
            .unwrap()
            .join()
            .unwrap();
    } else {
        solve();
    }
}
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn read<T>() -> Vec<T>
where T:
    std::str::FromStr,
    T::Err: std::fmt::Debug {

    let mut buf = String::new();
    stdin().read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();
    buf.split_whitespace()
        .map(|s| s.trim().parse().unwrap())
        .collect()
}

fn solve() {
    let _n = get!(usize);
    let mut h = read::<u64>();

    let mut count = 0;

    loop {
        let mut tmp = 0;
        let mut nzflag = false;
        let mut zcount = 0;
        for i in 0..(h.len()) {
            if h[i] != 0 {
                h[i] -= 1;
                nzflag = true;
            } else {
                zcount += 1;
                if nzflag {
                    tmp += 1;
                    nzflag = false;
                }
            }
        }
        if zcount == h.len() {
            break;
        }
        if nzflag {
            tmp += 1;
        }
        count += tmp;
    }   
    println!("{}", count);
}