#[allow(unused_macros)]
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)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
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)*}
    };

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

#[allow(unused_macros)]
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>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, bytes) => {
        read_value!($next, String).into_bytes()
    };

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

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

struct UnionFind {
    parent: Vec<usize>,
    rank: Vec<usize>,
    size: Vec<usize>,
}

impl UnionFind {
    fn new(n: usize) -> UnionFind {
        let mut parent = vec![0; n];
        for i in 0..n {
            parent[i] = i;
        }
        return UnionFind {
            parent: parent,
            rank: vec![0; n],
            size: vec![1; n],
        };
    }

    fn find(&mut self, x: usize) -> usize {
        if x == self.parent[x] {
            x
        } else {
            let parent = self.parent[x];
            let pr = self.find(parent);
            self.parent[x] = pr;
            pr
        }
    }

    fn same(&mut self, a: usize, b: usize) -> bool {
        self.find(a) == self.find(b)
    }

    fn unite(&mut self, a: usize, b: usize) {
        let a_root = self.find(a);
        let b_root = self.find(b);
        if self.rank[a_root] > self.rank[b_root] {
            self.parent[b_root] = a_root;
            self.size[a_root] += self.size[b_root];
        } else {
            self.parent[a_root] = b_root;
            self.size[b_root] += self.size[a_root];
            if self.rank[a_root] == self.rank[b_root] {
                self.rank[b_root] += 1;
            }
        }
    }

    fn get_size(&mut self, x: usize) -> usize {
        let root = self.find(x);
        self.size[root]
    }
}

fn main() {
    input! {
        n: usize,
        ps: [usize; n],
    }

    let mut ans = 0;

    for i in 0..n - 2 {
        if (ps[i] < ps[i + 1] && ps[i + 1] < ps[i + 2])
            || (ps[i + 2] < ps[i + 1] && ps[i + 1] < ps[i])
        {
            ans += 1;
        }
    }

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


Measured memory_bytes: 4352