#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int interval(int a[100], int n){

	int i,nrEl = 2;
	for (i = 1; i < n - 1; i++){

		if ((a[i] >= a[0] && a[i] <= a[n - 1]) ||
			(a[i] <= a[0] && a[i] >= a[n-1]))
				nrEl++;

	}

	return nrEl;
}
int main(){

	int n;
	cin>>n;

	int i,a[100];
	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
		cin>>a[i];

	cout<<interval(a,n);

	return 0;

}