#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
  int n, s = 0;
  cin >> n;
  int a[n];
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> a[i];
  sort(a, a + n);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    if (a[i] == a[0] || a[i] == a[n - 1]) s++;
  }
  cout << n - s << endl;
  return 0;
}
