模拟
//#pragma GCC optimize(2)
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <ctime>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <list>
#include <iomanip>
#include <numeric>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
const int MAXN = 1e6 + 10;
int arr[MAXN] = {0}, ans = 0;
int N;
int find (int x)
{
bool up = false, flot = false, down = false;
for(;arr[x + 1] > arr[x] && x + 1 < N; x++)
{
up = true;
}
if(up == true)
{
while(arr[x + 1] == arr[x] && x + 1 < N)
{
x++;
}
for(;arr[x + 1] < arr[x] && x + 1 < N; x++)
{
down = true;
}
if(down && up)
ans++;
return x;
}
return x + 1;
}
int main()
{
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
cin>>N;
for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
cin>>arr[i];
}
for(int i = 0; i < N; i = find(i));
cout<<ans<<endl;
return 0;
}