#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <map>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <numeric>


/*
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int main() {
	long long n;

	std::cin >> n;

	std::vector<long long> v(n);
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
		std::cin >> v[i];
	}

	if (n == 1) {
		std::cout << 1 << std::endl;
		return 0;
	}

	long long i = 0;
	int value = 0, count = 0;
	while (i != n - 1) {
		if (v[i] == v[i + 1]) {
			i++;
			continue;
		}
		//std::cout << i << " " << value << std::endl;
		if (value == 0) {
			if (v[i] > v[i + 1]) {
				value = 1;
			} else {
				value = -1;
			}
		} else if (value == 1) {
			if (v[i] < v[i + 1]) {
				value = 0;
				count++;
			}
		} else {
			if (v[i] > v[i + 1]) {
				value = 0;
				count++;
			}
		}
		i++;
	}

	count++;

	std::cout << count << std::endl;

	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 1024