Ninja's Jump Task
The Ninja has been given a challenge by his master to reach the last stone. These stones are represented as an array of numbers. The Ninja can jump using either odd-numbered or even-numbered jumps. Your task is to determine how many starting indices allow the Ninja to jump from the beginning to the last stone following these rules.
Instructions for Jumping:
- During odd-numbered jumps (e.g., jumps 1, 3, 5,...), jump from index
i
to indexj
(wherei < j
) such thatarr[i] <= arr[j]
andarr[j]
is the smallest possible value. If there are multiple valid indices, choose the smallestj
. - During even-numbered jumps (e.g., jumps 2, 4, 6,...), jump from index
i
to indexj
(wherei < j
) such thatarr[i] >= arr[j]
andarr[j]
is the largest possible value. If there are multiple valid indices, choose the smallestj
. - Some indices may have no possible jumps.
Input:
The first line contains an integer 'T' representing the number of test cases.
For each test case, the first line contains an integer ‘N’ which indicates the size of the array ‘arr’.
The following line contains 'N' space-separated integers, which are the elements of ‘arr’.
Output:
For each test case, print the number of starting indices from which Ninja can reach the last stone by following the jump rules.
Example:
Input:
2
5
10 13 12 14 15
6
2 3 1 1 4 5
Output:
2
3
Constraints:
1 <= T <= 5
1 <= N <= 5000
0 <= arr[i] < 10^6
- Time limit: 1 second
Note:
You do not need to print anything as it is handled automatically. Simply implement the function to calculate the answer.
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