title: Middle Of Three Using Minimum Comparisons
signature: function middle_of_three_using_minimum_comparisons(a, b, c)
test_code: using Printf
  
  # SOLUTION CODE
  # ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  # TESTING CODE 
  # ============================================
  function validate_solution(actual, expected)
      return actual == expected
  end
  
  function driver(a, b, c, expected)
      try
  
          if validate_solution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME(a, b, c), expected)
              return "PASSED";
          end
          return "FAILED";
      catch exception_obj
          return string(Base.typename(typeof(exception_obj)).wrapper);
      end
  end
  
  function main()
      
      result = driver(56, 5, 82, 56);
      @printf("TEST-0...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(56, 60, 17, 56);
      @printf("TEST-1...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(36, 56, 51, 51);
      @printf("TEST-2...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(71, 54, 6, 54);
      @printf("TEST-3...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(3, 70, 81, 70);
      @printf("TEST-4...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(84, 57, 47, 57);
      @printf("TEST-5...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(30, 80, 85, 80);
      @printf("TEST-6...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(82, 54, 32, 54);
      @printf("TEST-7...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(90, 70, 55, 70);
      @printf("TEST-8...%s\n",result);
      
      result = driver(38, 4, 5, 5);
      @printf("TEST-9...%s\n",result);
      
  end
  
  main()
source_py: def middle_of_three_using_minimum_comparisons(a, b, c):
      if (((a < b) and (b < c)) or ((c < b) and (b < a))):
          return b
      if (((b < a) and (a < c)) or ((c < a) and (a < b))):
          return a
      else:
          return c
source_cpp: int middle_of_three_using_minimum_comparisons(int a, int b, int c) {
    if ( ( a < b && b < c ) || ( c < b && b < a ) ) return b;
    else if ( ( b < a && a < c ) || ( c < a && a < b ) ) return a;
    else return c;
  }