middle3 = function(num)
    if num < 0 then num = -num
    s = str(num)
    if s.len < 3 then return "Input too short"
    if s.len % 2 == 0 then return "Input length not odd"
    mid = (s.len + 1) / 2 - 1
    return s[mid-1:mid+2]
end function

for test in [123, 12345, 1234567, 987654321, 10001, -10001, -123, -100,
 100, -12345, 1, 2, -1, -10, 2002, -2002, 0]
    print test + " --> " + middle3(test)
end for