#pragma warning disable

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Numerics;
using System.Collections;

static class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = Console.ReadLine().ToInt32();

        var hn = Console.ReadLine().SplittedStringToInt32List();

        var max = hn.Max();
        var count = 0;
        
        while(max > 0) { 
            var before = -1;
            for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)
            {
                if (hn[j] == max)
                {
                    if (hn[j] != before)
                        count++;
                    before = hn[j];

                    hn[j]--;
                }
                else
                {
                    before = hn[j];
                }
            }
            max--;
        }
        Console.WriteLine(count);
        Console.ReadLine();
        
    }


    public static int LowerBound<T>(this List<T> ar, int start, int end, T value, IComparer<T> comparer)
    {
        var arr = ar;
        int low = start;
        int high = end;
        int mid;
        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (comparer.Compare(arr[mid], value) < 0)
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }

    public static int LowerBound<T>(this List<T> arr, T value) where T : IComparable
    {
        return LowerBound(arr, 0, arr.Count(), value, Comparer<T>.Default);
    }

    public static int UpperBound<T>(this List<T> ar, int start, int end, T value, IComparer<T> comparer)
    {
        var arr = ar;
        int low = start;
        int high = end;
        int mid;
        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (comparer.Compare(arr[mid], value) <= 0)
                low = mid + 1;
            else
                high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }

    public static int UpperBound<T>(this List<T> arr, T value)
    {
        return UpperBound(arr, 0, arr.Count(), value, Comparer<T>.Default);
    }


    #region ライブラリ
    public static long ToInt64(this string str) => long.Parse(str);
    public static int ToInt32(this string str) => int.Parse(str);
    public static BigInteger ToBigInteger(this string str) => BigInteger.Parse(str);
    public static List<string> SplittedStringToList(this string str) => str.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();
    public static List<int> SplittedStringToInt32List(this string str) => str.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(x => int.Parse(x)).ToList();
    public static List<long> SplittedStringToInt64List(this string str) => str.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(x => long.Parse(x)).ToList();
    public static List<BigInteger> SplittedStringToBigInteger(this string str) => str.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(x => BigInteger.Parse(x)).ToList();
    public const int INF = int.MaxValue / 2;
    public const long LONGINF = long.MaxValue / 2;

  
  

    public static void PrintArray(int[,] array)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < array.GetLength(0); i++)
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int j = 0; j < array.GetLength(1); j++)
            {
                sb.Append(array[i, j]).Append(" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
        }
    }

    #endregion
}



Measured memory_bytes: 13396