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