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Count Local Peaks

Easy

Count Local Peaks

Count elements greater than both of their neighbors.

Input format

The first line contains N. The second line contains N space-separated integers.

Output format

Print how many elements are strictly greater than both of their neighbors. The first and last elements never count.

Constraints

  • Values fit in a 64-bit signed integer
  • Trailing whitespace and a trailing newline are ignored by the judge

Read from stdin, write to stdout. Sample cases below show the exact format.

Sample cases

Example 1
Input
5
1 3 2 4 1
Expected output
2
Example 2
Input
4
1 2 3 4
Expected output
0