A subarray A[i], A[i+1], ..., A[j] of A is said to be turbulent if and only if:

For i <= k < j, A[k] > A[k+1] when k is odd, and A[k] < A[k+1] when k is even;
OR, for i <= k < j, A[k] > A[k+1] when k is even, and A[k] < A[k+1] when k is odd.

That is, the subarray is turbulent if the comparison sign flips between each adjacent pair of elements in the subarray.
Return the length of a maximum size turbulent subarray of A.
 

Example 1:
Input: [9,4,2,10,7,8,8,1,9]
Output: 5
Explanation: (A[1] > A[2] < A[3] > A[4] < A[5])


Example 2:
Input: [4,8,12,16]
Output: 2


Example 3:
Input: [100]
Output: 1




 
Note:

1 <= A.length <= 40000
0 <= A[i] <= 10^9

```python

USER_FILENAME = "<user_code>"
import sys, json, builtins
import math, heapq, bisect, itertools, functools, collections, statistics, fractions, decimal, operator, array, random, re, string, os, pathlib
try:
    import resource as _res
except Exception:
    _res = None
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque, OrderedDict
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, product
from math import gcd, ceil, floor, sqrt
from decimal import Decimal
try:
    from typing import *
except Exception:
    pass
try:
    sys.setrecursionlimit(1_000_000)
except Exception:
    pass
try:
    import site as _site
    try:
        _sys_sites = _site.getsitepackages() if hasattr(_site, "getsitepackages") else []
        for _p in _sys_sites:
            if _p and _p not in sys.path:
                sys.path.append(_p)
    except Exception:
        pass
    try:
        _usp = _site.getusersitepackages()
        if isinstance(_usp, str):
            _usp = [_usp]
        for _p in _usp:
            if _p and _p not in sys.path:
                sys.path.append(_p)
    except Exception:
        pass
except Exception:
    pass

def _disabled_input(*args, **kwargs):
    raise RuntimeError("input() is disabled in callable mode")
builtins.input = _disabled_input

ns = {"__name__": "__judge__"}  # prevent if __name__ == "__main__" blocks
for _k, _v in list(globals().items()):
    if not _k.startswith("_"):
        ns[_k] = _v
_CODE = 'class Solution(object):\n    def maxTurbulenceSize(self, A):\n    # rule out all same element\n        if A.count(A[0]) == len(A):\n            return 1\n        if len(A) < 2:\n            return len(A)    \n\n        # sliding window\n        start = 0\n        end = 0\n        max_res = 0\n\n        while end <  len(A) - 1:\n            # check alternate sign\n            if (A[end - 1] - A[end]) * (A[end] - A[end+1]) < 0:\n                end += 1\n            # update the max and sliding window to start = end, end = start + 1\n            else:\n                max_res = max(max_res, end - start + 1)\n                start = end\n                end = start + 1\n        # since we are breaking the check on end - 1, we need to check the last length\n        return max(max_res, end - start + 1)\n'
_co = compile(_CODE, USER_FILENAME, "exec")
exec(_co, ns, ns)

_target = None
_fn_name = 'maxTurbulenceSize'
if _fn_name:
    if "Solution" in ns:
        try:
            _obj = ns["Solution"]()
            if hasattr(_obj, _fn_name):
                _target = getattr(_obj, _fn_name)
        except Exception:
            _target = None
    if _target is None and _fn_name in ns and callable(ns[_fn_name]):
        _target = ns[_fn_name]
# Fallback: if there's exactly one user-defined function, use it
if _target is None:
    _cands = [v for k, v in ns.items() if callable(v) and getattr(v, "__module__", "") in ("__judge__", "__main__")]
    _user_funcs = [c for c in _cands if getattr(c, "__name__", "").startswith("_") is False]
    if len(_user_funcs) == 1:
        _target = _user_funcs[0]
if _target is None:
    raise RuntimeError(f"Could not resolve callable '{_fn_name}'")

_raw = sys.stdin.read().strip()
if _raw:
    _parsed = json.loads(_raw)
    if isinstance(_parsed, dict):
        _kwargs = _parsed.get("kwargs", {})
        _args = _parsed.get("args", [])
    else:
        _args, _kwargs = _parsed, {}
else:
    _args, _kwargs = [], {}
if not isinstance(_args, (list, tuple)):
    _args = [_args]
_res = _target(*_args, **_kwargs)
try:
    sys.stdout.write(repr(_res) + "\n")
except Exception:
    pass

```

Measured memory_bytes: 5726