I got there first, AND posted an actual way of finding highest and lowest  ;-)

On 7/15/05, James Newtons Massmind <jamesnewton@massmind.org> wrote:
> Find the min, find the max, use the remaining value.
> 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu
> > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Rages
> > Sent: 2005 Jul 15, Fri 10:26
> > To: piclist@mit.edu
> > Subject: [PIC] Design Challenge: Find center of three values
> >
> > Here's a design challenge for you guys:
> >
> > I have values in three file registers:  fileA, fileB, fileC.
> >
> > I want to choose the value that's in the middle (numerically)
> > and put it into W.
> >
> > The brute-force way to do this would be to copy the list,
> > sort the copy in place, and choose the middle value.
> >
> > I'm sure there's a more direct way.  Any ideas?
> >
> > (Application:  This a simple nonlinear filter to remove
> > occasional outliers in a sampled data stream.)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> > markrages@gmail
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