title: Middle Of Three Using Minimum Comparisons
signature: function middleOfThreeUsingMinimumComparisons($a, $b, $c) {
test_code: <?php
  
  
  // SOLUTION CODE 
  // ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  // TESTING CODE 
  // ============================================
  function validateSolution($actual, $expected){
      return serialize($actual) == serialize($expected);
  }
  
  function driver($a, $b, $c, $expected){
      try{
        if (validateSolution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME($a, $b, $c), $expected)){
          return "PASSED";
        }
        return "FAILED";
      }
      catch (Exception $exception_obj) {
        return get_class($exception_obj);
      }
  }
  
  function main(){
      printf("TEST-0...%s\n",driver(
        56, 5, 82, 
        56));
      
      printf("TEST-1...%s\n",driver(
        56, 60, 17, 
        56));
      
      printf("TEST-2...%s\n",driver(
        36, 56, 51, 
        51));
      
      printf("TEST-3...%s\n",driver(
        71, 54, 6, 
        54));
      
      printf("TEST-4...%s\n",driver(
        3, 70, 81, 
        70));
      
      printf("TEST-5...%s\n",driver(
        84, 57, 47, 
        57));
      
      printf("TEST-6...%s\n",driver(
        30, 80, 85, 
        80));
      
      printf("TEST-7...%s\n",driver(
        82, 54, 32, 
        54));
      
      printf("TEST-8...%s\n",driver(
        90, 70, 55, 
        70));
      
      printf("TEST-9...%s\n",driver(
        38, 4, 5, 
        5));
      
  }
  
  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;
  }