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Medium#978
LeetCode Problem

Longest Turbulent Subarray

Problem Statement

Return the maximum length of a contiguous subarray whose adjacent comparisons strictly alternate between less-than and greater-than. Either comparison may come first; equal neighbors break the alternating run. A single element is a valid length-one run.

Source: Longest Turbulent Subarray on LeetCode. Use the original task for its coding environment and submissions.

Examples

# Example 1

Input
arr = [9,4,2,10,7,8,8,1,9]
Output
5

# Example 2

Input
arr = [4,8,12,16]
Output
2

# Example 3

Input
arr = [100]
Output
1

Constraints

1 <= arr.length <= 4 * 10^4
0 <= arr[i] <= 10^9

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