const getGets = (arr) => {
    let index = 0;

    return () => {
        const toReturn = arr[index];
        index += 1;
        return toReturn;
    };
};
// this is the test
const test = [
  '7',
  '-26 -25 -28 31 2 27 5',
];

const gets = this.gets || getGets(test);
const print = this.print || console.log;
let arrDylg=+gets();
let arr = gets().split(' ').map(Number);
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < arrDylg; i++) {
    if (i==0&& arr[i]>arr[i+1]) {
        count=count+1
    }else if (arr[i]>arr[i-1]&& arr[i]>arr[i+1]) {
        count=count +1;
    }

}
print(count);