func_code_string: #include <bits/stdc++.h>   using namespace std;   int main() {     vector<int> v;     int n, a, b;     while (scanf( %d , &n) != EOF) {       v.assign(n, 0);       for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {         scanf( %d , &v[i]);       }       sort(v.begin(), v.end());       a = 1;       b = n - 1;       while (a < n && v[a] == v[0]) a++;       while (b >= 0 && v[b] == v[n - 1]) b--;       if (a > b)         printf( 0 n );       else         printf( %d n , b - a + 1);     }     return 0;   }   