#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
float a[205];
cin>>n;
for (int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
cin>>a[i];
}
float mini = min(a[1], a[n]);
float maxi = max(a[1], a[n]);
int contor = 0;
for (int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
if (mini<=a[i] && a[i]<=maxi) contor++;
}
cout<<n-contor;
}