折点数 201604-1

#include<bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std;
int r[1100];
int main()
{	
	int n;
	cin>>n;
	memset(r,0,sizeof(r));
	int i=0;
	while(i<n){
		cin>>r[i];
		i++;
	}
	i=1;
	int sum=0;
	while(i+1<n){
		if((r[i]>r[i+1]&&r[i]>r[i-1])||(r[i]<r[i+1])&&r[i]<r[i-1]){
			sum++;
		}
		i++;
	}
	cout<<sum<<'\n';
	return 0;
}