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# 代码中的类名、方法名、参数名已经指定,请勿修改,直接返回方法规定的值即可
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# 求序列a中的峰、谷点的个数
# @param a int整型一维数组 序列a
# @return int整型
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class Solution:
    def countPeakPoint(self , a: List[int]) -> int:
        count=0
        for i in range(1,len(a)-1):
            if a[i]>a[i-1] and a[i]>a[i+1]:
                count+=1
            elif a[i]<a[i-1] and a[i+1]>a[i]:
                count+=1
        return count