PAT A1101 Quick Sort

1101. Quick Sort (25)-PAT甲级真题

There is a classical process named partition in the famous quick sort algorithm. In this process we typically choose one element as the pivot. Then the elements less than the pivot are moved to its left and those larger than the pivot to its right. Given N distinct positive integers after a run of partition, could you tell how many elements could be the selected pivot for this partition?

For example, given N = 5 and the numbers 1, 3, 2, 4, and 5. We have:

1 could be the pivot since there is no element to its left and all the elements to its right are larger than it;
3 must not be the pivot since although all the elements to its left are smaller, the number 2 to its right is less than it as well;
2 must not be the pivot since although all the elements to its right are larger, the number 3 to its left is larger than it as well;
and for the similar reason, 4 and 5 could also be the pivo