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 (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

fn solve() {
    let n: usize = read();
    let mut h: Vec<usize> = vec![];
    for i in 0..n {
        h.push(read());
    }
    let mut ok = false;
    let mut res = 0;
    while !ok {
        ok = true;
        let mut cont = false;
        for i in 0..n {
            if h[i] != 0 {
                if !cont {
                    res += 1;
                    cont = true;
                    ok = false;
                }
                h[i] -= 1;
            } else if h[i] == 0 && cont {
                cont = false;
            }
        }
    }
    println!("{}", res);
}

fn main() {
    let stack_size = 104_857_600;
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(stack_size);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();
}

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#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Reverse};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::process::exit;

#[allow(dead_code)]
const MOD: usize = 1000000007;

fn read<T: std::str::FromStr>() -> T {
    use std::io::Read;
    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
    let stdin = stdin.lock();
    let token: String = stdin
        .bytes()
        .map(|c| c.expect("failed to read char") as char)
        .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace())
        .take_while(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
        .collect();
    token.parse().ok().expect("failed to parse token")
}

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