#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    long long n, a, b, sol = 0;
    bool inc = false, peak = false;

    cin >> n;
    if (n == 1) {
        cin >> a;
        ++sol;
    } else {
        cin >> a;
        for (long long i = 0; i < n-1; ++i) {
            cin >> b;
            if (a < b && !inc) {
                inc = true;
                peak = false;
                ++sol;
            } else if (a > b && inc) {
                inc = false;
                peak = false;
            } else if (a == b && !peak) {
                peak = true;
                --sol;
            }
            a = b;
        }
    }

    cout << sol << endl;
    return 0;
}