#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC target("avx,avx2,fma")
using namespace std;
void __print(int x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(long x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(long long x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(unsigned x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(unsigned long x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(unsigned long long x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(float x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(double x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(long double x) { cerr << x; }
void __print(char x) { cerr << '\'' << x << '\''; }
void __print(const char *x) { cerr << '\"' << x << '\"'; }
void __print(const string &x) { cerr << '\"' << x << '\"'; }
void __print(bool x) { cerr << (x ? "true" : "false"); }
template <typename T, typename V>
void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {
  cerr << '{';
  __print(x.first);
  cerr << ',';
  __print(x.second);
  cerr << '}';
}
template <typename T>
void __print(const T &x) {
  int f = 0;
  cerr << '{';
  for (auto &i : x) cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i);
  cerr << "}";
}
void _print() { cerr << "]\n"; }
template <typename T, typename... V>
void _print(T t, V... v) {
  __print(t);
  if (sizeof...(v)) cerr << ", ";
  _print(v...);
}
const long long int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const long long int INF = 1000000000;
const long long int MAX_N = 2e5 + 2;
void solve() {
  int n;
  cin >> n;
  vector<int> v(n), cnt(MAX_N, 0);
  int mx_occ = 0, ele = 0, fst_ocr = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
    cin >> v[i], cnt[v[i]]++;
    if (mx_occ < cnt[v[i]]) {
      mx_occ = cnt[v[i]];
      ele = v[i];
    }
  }
  fst_ocr = find((v).begin(), (v).end(), ele) - v.begin();
  cout << n - mx_occ << "\n";
  for (int i = fst_ocr - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (v[i] > ele) {
      cout << 2 << " " << i + 1 << " " << i + 2 << "\n";
    } else {
      cout << 1 << " " << i + 1 << " " << i + 2 << "\n";
    }
    v[i] = ele;
  }
  for (int i = fst_ocr + 1; i < n; ++i) {
    if (v[i] == ele) continue;
    if (v[i] > ele) {
      cout << 2 << " " << i + 1 << " " << i << "\n";
    } else {
      cout << 1 << " " << i + 1 << " " << i << "\n";
    }
    v[i] = ele;
  }
}
int main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  cout.tie(NULL);
  ;
  solve();
}
