Longest Strictly Increasing or Strictly

lcpy gen -n 3105   # by problem number
lcpy gen -s longest_monotonic_subarray   # by problem name

Input: nums = [1,4,3,3,2]
Output: 2
Explanation:
The strictly increasing subarrays of nums are [1], [2], [3], [3], [4], and [1,4].
The strictly decreasing subarrays of nums are [1], [2], [3], [3], [4], [3,2], and [4,3].
Hence, we return 2.

Input: nums = [3,3,3,3]
Output: 1
Explanation:
The strictly increasing subarrays of nums are [3], [3], [3], and [3].
The strictly decreasing subarrays of nums are [3], [3], [3], and [3].
Hence, we return 1.

Input: nums = [3,2,1]
Output: 3
Explanation:
The strictly increasing subarrays of nums are [3], [2], and [1].
The strictly decreasing subarrays of nums are [3], [2], [1], [3,2], [2,1], and [3,2,1].
Hence, we return 3.

class Solution:
    # Time: O(n)
    # Space: O(1)
    def longest_monotonic_subarray(self, nums: list[int]) -> int:
        best = 1
        inc = dec = 1
        for i in range(1, len(nums)):
            if nums[i] > nums[i - 1]:
                inc += 1
                dec = 1
            elif nums[i] < nums[i - 1]:
                dec += 1
                inc = 1
            else:
                inc = dec = 1
            best = max(best, inc, dec)
        return best