#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
cin >> n;
long long a[1000005];
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
cin >> a[i];
int dem = 0;
if (a[1] < a[2])
dem++;
for (int i = 2; i <= n - 1; i++) {
if (a[i] < a[i - 1] && a[i] < a[i + 1])
dem++;
}
if (a[n] < a[n - 1])
dem++;
cout << dem;
return 0;
}
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