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)

/// Rustで競技プログラミングの入力をスッキリ記述するマクロ
///
/// https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[inline]
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn gcd(mut m: u64, mut n: u64) -> u64 {
    if m < n {
        std::mem::swap(&mut m, &mut n);
    }

    loop {
        let k = m % n;
        if k == 0 {
            return n;
        }

        m = n;
        n = k;
    }
}

#[inline]
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn lcm(m: u64, n: u64) -> u64 {
    m / gcd(m, n) * n
}

macro_rules! eprint(
    ($($arg:tt)*) => { {
        use std::io::Write;
        let r = write!(&mut ::std::io::stderr(), $($arg)*);
        r.expect("failed printing to stderr");
    } }
);

macro_rules! eprintln(
    ($($arg:tt)*) => { {
        use std::io::Write;
        let r = writeln!(&mut ::std::io::stderr(), $($arg)*);
        r.expect("failed printing to stderr");
    } }
);

macro_rules! dbg {
    ($val:expr) => {
        // Use of `match` here is intentional because it affects the lifetimes
        // of temporaries - https://stackoverflow.com/a/48732525/1063961
        match $val {
            tmp => {
                eprintln!(
                    "[{}:{}] {} = {:#?}",
                    file!(),
                    line!(),
                    stringify!($val),
                    &tmp
                );
                tmp
            }
        }
    };
}

fn main() {
    use std::cmp::Ordering;
    input! {
        n: usize,
        a_v: [u64; n],
    }

    let mut state = Ordering::Equal;
    let mut prev = a_v[0];
    let mut answer = 1u64;
    for &a in a_v[1..].iter() {
        // dbg!(&prev);
        // dbg!(&state);
        let cmp = prev.cmp(&a);
        // dbg!(&a);
        // dbg!(&cmp);
        if state == Ordering::Equal {
            state = cmp;
        } else if cmp != Ordering::Equal && state != cmp {
            state = Ordering::Equal;
            answer += 1;
        }
        // dbg!(&answer);

        prev = a;
        // eprintln!("");
    }

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