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    Hello,
    I am trying to write a template for finding the middle of 3 values, and I am going to call it the "median". For example, the median of {1, 0, 2} is 1. The median of {"abc", "ghi", "def"} is "def". Any help would be great.
    Thanks Frank

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    if you are only having 3 inputs then all you need are a couple of comparisons to see which one is greater than one but not greater than another...
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
    And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi

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    Right, I understand if it is just integers. But what if it is like the alphabet example. abc def ghi, where def is the middle one?
    Thanks

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    if they are stl strings then you can compare them the same way but old c-style strings you will need to use strcmp()
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
    And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi

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    place the strings in an array.
    sort the strings into alphabetical order
    determine which index of the array is the median index
    the string stored in the median index of the array is the median string.

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