#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
  int n, a[100000];
  cin >> n;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    cin >> a[i];
  }
  sort(a, a + n);
  if (a[0] == a[n - 1])
    cout << 0 << endl;
  else {
    int res = n;
    for (int i = 0; a[i] == a[0]; i++) res--;
    for (int i = n - 1; a[i] == a[n - 1]; i--) res--;
    cout << res << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}
