#include<iostream>
#include<cmath>
#include<algorithm>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstring>
#include<queue>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin>>n;
int *a=new int[n];
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cin>>a[i];
}
sort(a,a+n);
int *b=new int [n-1];
int ans=0;
for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
b[i]=a[i+1]-a[i];
if(b[i]==1)
{
ans++;
}
}
cout<<ans<<endl;
return 0;
}