#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
//Scrieţi definiția completă a subprogramului C++ interval care are 2 parametri:  a,
//prin care primeşte un tablou unidimensional cu maximum 100 de numere naturale mai
//mici decât 1000 și n, numărul efectiv de elemente ale tabloului.
//Subprogramul returnează numărul de elemente din tablou care aparțin intervalului 
//închis determinat de primul și ultimul element al tabloului.
 
int Claudia(int a[100], int n)
{
	int i,c=0,x,y,z;
	x=a[1];
	y=a[n];
	if(x>y)
	{ z=x;
	  x=y;
	  y=z;}
	for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
	if(a[i]>=x && a[i]<=y)
	c=c+1;
	return c;
}
 
int main() {
 
	int a[100],n,i;
	cin>>n;
	for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
	cin>>a[i];
	cout<<Claudia(a,n);
 
	return 0;
}

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