class Solution: def countPeakPoint(self , a: List[int]) -> int: a = [a[0]] + a + [a[len(a) - 1]] n = len(a) cnt = 0 for i in range(1, n): if a[i - 1] < a[i] > a[i + 1] or a[i - 1] > a[i] < a[i + 1]: cnt += 1 return cnt