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};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::fs::File;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::prelude::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, Stdin, Stdout, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::mem::swap;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::str::FromStr;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::char::from_digit;
 
type BoxResult<T> = Result<T, Box<std::error::Error>>;
 

fn main() {
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(stdin());
    let n = scanner.read::<usize>().unwrap();
    let heights = scanner.read_vector::<usize>().unwrap();
    let mut arr = vec![0; n];
    let mut ans = 0;
    for _ in 0..100 {
        let mut count = 0;
        let mut streak = false;
        for j in 0..n {
            if arr[j] < heights[j] {
                if !streak {
                    count += 1;
                }
                streak = true;
                arr[j] += 1;
            } else if arr[j] == heights[j] {
                streak = false;
            }
        }
        ans += count;
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}



#[allow(dead_code)]
struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
    buffer: String,
}
 
impl<R> Scanner<R>
where
    R: Read,
{
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn new(inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::new(inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
 
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::with_capacity(capacity, inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_line(&mut self) -> BoxResult<String> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let cloned = self.buffer.trim().to_string();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(cloned)
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<T>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed = self.buffer.trim().parse()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed)
    }
 
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_vector<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed_vec = self
            .buffer
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse())
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed_vec)
    }
 
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_matrix<T>(&mut self, lines: usize) -> BoxResult<Vec<Vec<T>>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let mut parsed_matrix = vec![];
        for _ in 0..lines {
            self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
            parsed_matrix.push(
                self.buffer
                    .trim()
                    .split_whitespace()
                    .map(|s| s.parse())
                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
            );
            self.buffer.clear();
        }
        Ok(parsed_matrix)
    }
 
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    fn read_chars(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<char>> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let chars = self.buffer.trim().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(chars)
    }
}