解题思路: 由图可以看出,折点的位置,有两种情况可以判断:1,比前一个点和后一个点都小;
2,比前一个点和后一个点都大;
n = int(input())
a = list(map(int,input().split()))
count = 0
for i in range(1,len(a)-1):
if a[i] < a[i-1] and a[i] < a[i+1]:
count += 1
elif a[i] > a[i-1] and a[i] > a[i+1]:
count += 1
print(count)