#include <iostream>
#include<math.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n;
int num[n];
for (int i = 0;i < n;i++)
cin >> num[i];
int count = 0;
for (int i = 1;i < n-1;i++)
{
if ((num[i - 1] - num[i])*(num[i] - num[i + 1]) < 0)
count++;
}
cout<<count;
}