# HackerRank.com "Counting Valleys" problem def countingValleys(n, s): total_valley = 0 location = 0 for i in range(n): if s[i] == 'D': if location == 0: total_valley = total_valley + 1 location = location - 1 continue elif s[i] == 'U': location = location + 1 return total_valley