#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int n,cnt=0;
int a[111111];
int max_x=-1,min_x=222222;
int l,r;
int main(){
cin>>n;
while(n--){
int x;
cin>>x;
a[x]++;
max_x=max(max_x,x);
min_x=min(min_x,x);
}
cnt+=a[min_x];
l=min_x;
if(min_x!=max_x){
for(int i=min_x+1;i<=max_x;i++){
if(a[i]==0)continue;
else{
cnt+=a[i];
r=i;
cnt-=min(a[r],a[l]);
}
}
}
cout<<cnt;
return 0;
}