using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Debug = System.Diagnostics.Debug;
using StringBuilder = System.Text.StringBuilder;
using System.Numerics;

namespace Program
{

    public class Solver
    {
        public void Solve()
        {
            var n = sc.Integer();
            var a = sc.Integer(n);
            a = a.Distinct().ToArray();
            Array.Sort(a);
            var min = int.MaxValue;
            for (int i = 0; i < a.Length - 1; i++)
                min = Math.Min(a[i + 1] - a[i], min);
            if (min == int.MaxValue)
                min = 0;
            IO.Printer.Out.WriteLine(min);
        }
        public IO.StreamScanner sc = new IO.StreamScanner(Console.OpenStandardInput());
        static T[] Enumerate<T>(int n, Func<int, T> f) { var a = new T[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) a[i] = f(i); return a; }
        static public void Swap<T>(ref T a, ref T b) { var tmp = a; a = b; b = tmp; }
    }
}
#region main
static class Ex
{
    static public string AsString(this IEnumerable<char> ie) { return new string(System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray(ie)); }
    static public string AsJoinedString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> ie, string st = " ") { return string.Join(st, ie); }
    static public void Main()
    {
        var solver = new Program.Solver();
        solver.Solve();
        Program.IO.Printer.Out.Flush();
    }
}
#endregion
#region Ex
namespace Program.IO
{
    using System.IO;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Globalization;
    public class Printer : StreamWriter
    {
        static Printer() { Out = new Printer(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false }; }
        public static Printer Out { get; set; }
        public override IFormatProvider FormatProvider { get { return CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; } }
        public Printer(System.IO.Stream stream) : base(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false, true)) { }
        public Printer(System.IO.Stream stream, Encoding encoding) : base(stream, encoding) { }
        public void Write<T>(string format, T[] source) { base.Write(format, source.OfType<object>().ToArray()); }
        public void WriteLine<T>(string format, T[] source) { base.WriteLine(format, source.OfType<object>().ToArray()); }
    }
    public class StreamScanner
    {
        public StreamScanner(Stream stream) { str = stream; }
        public readonly Stream str;
        private readonly byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
        private int len, ptr;
        public bool isEof = false;
        public bool IsEndOfStream { get { return isEof; } }
        private byte read()
        {
            if (isEof) return 0;
            if (ptr >= len) { ptr = 0; if ((len = str.Read(buf, 0, 1024)) <= 0) { isEof = true; return 0; } }
            return buf[ptr++];
        }
        public char Char() { byte b = 0; do b = read(); while ((b < 33 || 126 < b) && !isEof); return (char)b; }

        public string Scan()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (var b = Char(); b >= 33 && b <= 126; b = (char)read())
                sb.Append(b);
            return sb.ToString();
        }
        public string ScanLine()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (var b = Char(); b != '\n'; b = (char)read())
                if (b == 0) break;
                else if (b != '\r') sb.Append(b);
            return sb.ToString();
        }
        public long Long()
        {
            if (isEof) return long.MinValue;
            long ret = 0; byte b = 0; var ng = false;
            do b = read();
            while (b != '-' && (b < '0' || '9' < b));
            if (b == '-') { ng = true; b = read(); }
            for (; true; b = read())
            {
                if (b < '0' || '9' < b)
                    return ng ? -ret : ret;
                else ret = ret * 10 + b - '0';
            }
        }
        public int Integer() { return (isEof) ? int.MinValue : (int)Long(); }
        public double Double() { return double.Parse(Scan(), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); }
        private T[] enumerate<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
        {
            var a = new T[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) a[i] = f();
            return a;
        }

        public char[] Char(int n) { return enumerate(n, Char); }
        public string[] Scan(int n) { return enumerate(n, Scan); }
        public double[] Double(int n) { return enumerate(n, Double); }
        public int[] Integer(int n) { return enumerate(n, Integer); }
        public long[] Long(int n) { return enumerate(n, Long); }
    }
}
#endregion
#region Sort and Uniquify
static public partial class Algorithm
{
    /// <summary>Unique and Sort</summary>
    static public T[] UniquifySort<T>(this T[] a) where T : IComparable<T>
    {
        return UniquifySort(a, Comparer<T>.Default.Compare);
    }
    /// <summary>Unique and Sort</summary>
    static public T[] UniquifySort<T>(this T[] a, Comparison<T> f)
    {
        var n = a.Length;
        dfs(a, new T[n], f, 0, ref n);

        var ret = new T[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            ret[i] = a[i];
        return ret;
    }
    static private void dfs<T>(T[] a, T[] tmp, Comparison<T> f, int l, ref int r)
    {
        if (r - l == 1) return;
        var m1 = (r + l) >> 1;
        var m2 = m1;
        dfs(a, tmp, f, l, ref m1);
        dfs(a, tmp, f, m2, ref r);
        int ptr = l, p = l, q = m2;
        while (p < m1 || q < r)
        {
            if (p == m1) tmp[ptr++] = a[q++];
            else if (q == r) tmp[ptr++] = a[p++];
            else
            {
                var cmp = f(a[p], a[q]);
                if (cmp < 0) tmp[ptr++] = a[p++];
                else if (cmp == 0) p++; 
                else tmp[ptr++] = a[q++];
            }

        }
        r = ptr;
        while (l < r) a[l] = tmp[l++];
    }
}
#endregion