Go: package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

const (
	initialBufSize = 10000000
	maxBufSize     = 100000000
)

var sc *bufio.Scanner

func initScanner(r io.Reader) *bufio.Scanner {
	buf := make([]byte, initialBufSize)

	sc := bufio.NewScanner(r)
	sc.Buffer(buf, maxBufSize)
	sc.Split(bufio.ScanWords) // bufio.ScanLines
	return sc
}

func main() {
	sc = initScanner(os.Stdin)
	resolve()
}

func nextInt(sc *bufio.Scanner) int {
	sc.Scan()
	a, _ := strconv.Atoi(sc.Text())
	return int(a)
}
func nextString(sc *bufio.Scanner) string {
	sc.Scan()
	return sc.Text()
}

func nextIntSlice(sc *bufio.Scanner, n int) (a []int) {
	a = make([]int, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		a[i] = nextInt(sc)
	}
	return a
}

var dp [][]int

func initDP(n int) {
	dp = make([][]int, n+1)
	for i := 0; i < len(dp); i++ {
		dp[i] = make([]int, n+1)
		for j := 0; j < len(dp[0]); j++ {
			dp[i][j] = -1
		}
	}
}

func resolve() {
	ans := []int{}
	for true {
		n := nextInt(sc)
		if n == 0 {
			break
		}
		as := nextIntSlice(sc, n)
		initDP(n)
		_rec(as, n, 0, n)
		ans = append(ans, dp[0][n])
	}
	for _, v := range ans {
		fmt.Println(v)
	}
	return
}

func _rec(as []int, n, l, r int) int {
	if dp[l][r] > -1 {
		return dp[l][r]
	}
	if r-l == 1 { // prevent to hit daruma
		dp[l][r] = 0
		return dp[l][r]
	}
	if r-l == 2 {
		if abs(as[l]-as[r-1]) <= 1 {
			dp[l][r] = 2
		} else {
			dp[l][r] = 0
		}
		return dp[l][r]
	}
	if abs(as[l]-as[r-1]) <= 1 {
		v := _rec(as, n, l+1, r-1)
		// if we can remove internal blocks
		if (r - 1 - (l + 1)) == v {
			dp[l][r] = v + 2
			return dp[l][r]
		} else {
			dp[l][r] = v
		}
	}
	for i := l + 1; i < r; i++ {
		v := _rec(as, n, l, i) + _rec(as, n, i, r)
		if dp[l][r] < v {
			dp[l][r] = v
		}
	}
	return dp[l][r]
}

func abs(v int) int {
	if v < 0 {
		return -v
	}
	return v
}

C++: #include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define INF 1001000100010001000
#define MOD 1000000007
#define EPS 1e-10
#define int long long
#define rep(i, N) for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
#define Rep(i, N) for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
#define For(i, a, b) for (int i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define i_i pair<int, int>
#define vi vector<int>
#define vvi vector<vi >
#define vb vector<bool>
#define vvb vector<vb >
#define vp vector< i_i >
#define all(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define Int(x) int x; cin >> x;
#define int2(x, y) Int(x); Int(y);
#define int3(x, y, z) Int(x); int2(y, z);
#define fir first
#define sec second
#define ffir first.first
#define fsec first.second
#define sfir second.first
#define ssec second.second
#define Decimal fixed << setprecision(10)

//int dxy[5] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 0}; 

int n;
int data[300];
int dp[300][301]; // hankai
int score[300][301];

void make(int st, int en)
{
if (dp[st][en]) return;
dp[st][en] = 1;
if (0 <= st - 2 && abs(data[st-2] - data[st-1] ) < 2 ) {
make(st-2, en);
}
if (0 <= st - 1 && en < n && abs(data[st-1] - data[en]) < 2) {
make(st-1, en+1);
}
if (en + 1 < n && abs(data[en] - data[en+1]) < 2) {
make(st, en+2);
}
}

int solve(int st, int en)
{
if ( dp[st][en] ) return 0; 
if ( score[st][en] ) return score[st][en];
if (en - st < 2) return en - st;
int ret = en - st;
for (int i = st+2; i < en; i++) {
if (dp[st][i]) {
ret = min(solve(i-1, en), ret);
}
}
return score[st][en] = min(ret, 1+solve(st+1, en));
}

signed main() 
{ 
std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false); 
std::cin.tie(0); 

cin >> n;
while ( n ) {
memset(data, 0, sizeof(data));
memset(dp, 0, sizeof(dp));
rep(i, n) cin >> data[i];
rep(i, n-1) if ( abs(data[i] - data[i+1]) < 2 )
make(i, i+2);
cout << n - solve(0, n) <<endl;
cin >> n;
}

return 0; 
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <functional>
#include <numeric>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <utility>
#include <sstream>
#include <complex>
#include <fstream>
#include <bitset>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<ll, ll> P;
typedef vector<ll> V;
typedef complex<double> Point;

#define PI acos(-1.0)
#define EPS 1e-10
const ll INF = (1LL << 31) - 1;
const ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define rep(i,N) for(int i=0;i<(N);i++)
#define ALL(s) (s).begin(),(s).end()
#define EQ(a,b) (abs((a)-(b))<EPS)
#define EQV(a,b) ( EQ((a).real(), (b).real()) && EQ((a).imag(), (b).imag()) )
#define fi first
#define se second
#define N_SIZE (1LL << 20)
#define NIL -1
#define MAX_N 100100 * 3

int n;
int x[1000];
bool dp[1000][1000];

int main() {
	while (cin >> n&&n) {
		rep(i, 1000)rep(j, 1000) {
			dp[i][j] = 0;
		}
		rep(i, n)cin >> x[i];
		for (int i = 1; i < n; i += 2) {
			for (int j = 0; j + i < n; j++) {
				int lb = j, ub = j + i;
				if (abs(x[lb] - x[ub]) <= 1) {
					if (i == 1)dp[lb][ub] = 1;
					else dp[lb][ub] |= dp[lb + 1][ub - 1];
				}
				FOR(mid, lb + 1, ub - 1) {
					dp[lb][ub] |= dp[lb][mid] && dp[mid + 1][ub];
				}
			}
		}
		int ans = 0;
		rep(i, n) {
			int num = 0;
			int pos = i;
			for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j += 2) {
				if (dp[i][j]) {
					num = max(num, j - i + 1);
					pos = j;
				}
			}
			ans += num;
			i = pos;
		}
		cout << ans << endl;
	}
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <bitset>
#include <map>
#include <tuple>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <list>
#include <numeric>
#include <utility>
#include <iterator>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <climits>
#include <ctime>
#include <cassert>
#include <random>
#include <cstring>

#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<int(n);i++)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),x.end()
#define pb push_back

using namespace std;
using ll = long long;

const ll mod = 1000000007;
int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0};
int dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
int ddx[8]={-1,-1,0,1,1,1,0,-1};
int ddy[8]={0,1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1};
bool debug=false;

/*---------------------------------------------------*/

const int MAX_N = 350;

int dp[MAX_N][MAX_N];
bool enable[MAX_N][MAX_N];

void solve(int& n) {
  memset(dp, 0, sizeof(dp));
  memset(enable, 0, sizeof(enable));
  int w[MAX_N];
  for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> w[i];

  for(int width = 2; width <= n; width++) {
    for(int left = 0; left < n; left++) {
      int right = left + width;
      if(n < right) continue;
      if(dp[left + 1][right - 1] == width - 2 && abs(w[left] - w[right - 1]) <= 1) dp[left][right] = width;
      for(int mid = left; mid <= right; mid++) {
	dp[left][right] = max(dp[left][right], dp[left][mid] + dp[mid][right]);
      }
    }
  }
  cout << dp[0][n] << endl;
  return ;
}

int main(){
  int n;
  while(cin >> n, n) {
    solve(n);
  }
  return 0;
}