Programming Praxis

Given an array of integers, a peak is a subarray of minimal length in which the integer values increase and then decrease. For instance, in the array [5,5,4,5,4] there is a peak [4,5,4] and in the array [6,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,6,7,7,7,7,7,6] there is a peak [6,7,7,7,7,7,6]. Note that [4,5,6,7,7,7,7,7,6] shows a pattern of increasing and decreasing values, but it is not minimal because the first two items can be removed and the remaining subarray remains a peak. The array [5,5,5,5,4,5,4,5,6,7,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,8] has two peaks, [4,5,4] and [8,9,9,8].

Your task is to write a program that finds all of the peaks in an array. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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