using static IO;
public class IO
{
public static IO Cin = new();
public static StreamReader reader = new(Console.OpenStandardInput());
public static StreamWriter writer = new(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
public static implicit operator string(IO _) => reader.ReadLine();
public static implicit operator char[](IO _) => reader.ReadLine().ToArray();
public static implicit operator int(IO _) => int.Parse(reader.ReadLine());
public static implicit operator double(IO _) => double.Parse(reader.ReadLine());
public static implicit operator string[](IO _) => reader.ReadLine().Split();
public static implicit operator int[](IO _) => Array.ConvertAll(reader.ReadLine().Split(), int.Parse);
public void Deconstruct(out int a, out int b) { int[] r = Cin; (a, b) = (r[0], r[1]); }
public void Deconstruct(out int a, out int b, out int c) { int[] r = Cin; (a, b, c) = (r[0], r[1], r[2]); }
public static void Loop(int end, Action<int> action, int start = 0, in int add = 1) { for (; start < end; start += add) action(start); }
public static object? Cout { set { writer.Write(value); } }
public static object? Coutln { set { writer.WriteLine(value); } }
public static void Main() { Program.Coding(); writer.Flush(); }
}
class Program
{
public static void Coding()
{
(int n, int k) = Cin;
int[] pos = Cin;
int minimum = pos[0], maximum = pos[0];
int result = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
minimum = Math.Min(minimum, pos[i]);
maximum = Math.Max(maximum, pos[i]);
if (maximum - minimum >= k)
{
result++;
minimum = pos[i];
maximum = pos[i];
}
}
Cout = result;
}
}
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