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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define ye cout<<"YES"<<endl;
#define no cout<<"NO"<<endl;
    
int M = INT_MIN;
int S = INT_MAX;
vector<int> v;
int arr[4] = {};

void fast()
{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);
    cout.tie(NULL);
}


int fr[125];
int main() {
    fast();
    int b;
    cin >>  b;
    vector<int>v(b);

        for (auto& t : v)
            cin >> t;

        sort(v.begin(), v.end());

        int front, back,c=b-2;
        front = v[0]; back = v[b - 1];

        if (front != back)
        {
            for (int i = 1; i < b - 1; i++)

                if (front == v[i] or back == v[i])
                    c--;
            cout << c;
        }

        else cout<<0;
    
   
    return 0;
}