title: Middle Of Three Using Minimum Comparisons 2
signature: def middleOfThreeUsingMinimumComparisons2(a: Int, b: Int, c: Int) = {
test_code: import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
  import scala.collection.immutable.HashSet
  
  
  // SOLUTION CODE
  // ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  
  // TESTING CODE 
  // ============================================
  def validateSolution(actual: Int , expected: Int): Boolean = {
      actual.toString == expected.toString
  }
  
  def driver(a: Int, b: Int, c: Int, expected: Int): String = {
      try {
          if (validateSolution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME(a, b, c),expected)) {
              "PASSED"
          } else{
              "FAILED"
          }
      }catch{
          case e: Exception => {e.getClass.getName}
      }
  
  }
  object QuestionEvaluator extends App {
  
      println(s"TEST-0...${driver(
        48, 46, 38, 
        46    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-1...${driver(
        93, 34, 11, 
        34    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-2...${driver(
        58, 78, 6, 
        58    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-3...${driver(
        13, 3, 23, 
        13    
      )}")   
  
  }
  
source_py: def middle_of_three_using_minimum_comparisons_2(a, b, c):
      x = (a - b)
      y = (b - c)
      z = (a - c)
      if ((x * y) > 0):
          return b
      elif ((x * z) > 0):
          return
      else:
          return a
source_cpp: int middle_of_three_using_minimum_comparisons_2(int a, int b, int c) {
    int x = a - b;
    int y = b - c;
    int z = a - c;
    if ( x * y > 0 ) return b;
    else if ( x * z > 0 ) return c;
    else return a;
  }