ALTSEQ - Alternating Sequences

Given an array a of N integers a1, a2, a3, ... aN you have to find the longest alternating sub-sequence of this array.

An alternating sequence b1, b2 ... bk, k>=1 is a sequence that has the 2 following properties:

  • |b1| < |b2| < |b3| < ... < |bk|
  • The signs alternate between adjacent elements, i.e., if b1 > 0 then b2 < 0, b3 > 0 and so on. Alternatively, if b1 < 0, then b2 > 0, b3 < 0 and so on.

A sub sequence of array a is a sequence obtained by dropping some elements of the array a. Here is the formal definition.

It is guaranteed that the array a contains no element equal to 0.

Constraints

1 <= N <= 5000
|ai| <= 10^9, ai not equal to 0.

Input

The first line contains a single integer N, denoting the size of the array. The next line contains N integers, denoting the array a.

Output

Print a single integer - the length of the longest alternating sub-sequence.

Example

Input:
8
1 2 -2 -3 5 -7 -8 10

Output:
5

Explanation

One of the longest alternating subsequence is

     1  -2  5  -7  10

Added by:Beer hu !!
Date:2016-07-01
Time limit:1s
Source limit:50000B
Memory limit:1536MB
Cluster: Cube (Intel G860)
Languages:All except: ASM64 GOSU JS-MONKEY
Resource:Hackerrank

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2018-05-25 11:00:08
if stuck on test case #15 :
5
-5 -2 4 2 -1
expected output : 2
2018-05-20 18:15:01
Can't find the max while computing the dp array!!!
2018-01-14 09:17:30
Simple variation of LIS. Works in n^2. AC in one go!! :)

Last edit: 2018-01-14 09:17:44
2017-12-10 19:18:06
when checking the condition if ai and aj have opposite signs use !(ai > 0 && aj > 0) and not ai*aj < 0. When using the latter make sure to typecaste the product into long long.

Last edit: 2017-12-10 19:18:49
2017-10-26 18:58:29
Those getting WA for TC 15,avoid using memset.It worked for me.
2017-10-03 14:57:04 burninggoku
bas mann me LIS ko yaad rakho..sab sahi hota jaega
2017-08-30 12:49:41
There is nothing wrong with TC 15, no need of long long int, no problem with max() function, nothing wrong in SPOJ toolkit.

TC 15 is
1
2

output should be 1.
2017-08-24 15:20:22
AC in one go...
i have used 32-bit int
no lis only dp with memorisation :)
2017-08-15 17:13:14 divush
Use long long int if you are stuck on case 15.
2017-07-12 10:19:53
Easy!
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