#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<queue>
#include<list>
#include<set>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int gcd(int a, int b) {
	int c = a % b;
	while (c != 0) {
		a = b;
		b = c;
		c = a % b;
	}
	return b;
}
struct UnionFind {
	vector<int> par; // par[i]:iの親の番号　(例) par[3] = 2 : 3の親が2

	UnionFind(int N) : par(N) { //最初は全てが根であるとして初期化
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) par[i] = i;
	}

	int root(int x) { // データxが属する木の根を再帰で得る：root(x) = {xの木の根}
		if (par[x] == x) return x;
		return par[x] = root(par[x]);
	}

	void unite(int x, int y) { // xとyの木を併合
		int rx = root(x); //xの根をrx
		int ry = root(y); //yの根をry
		if (rx == ry) return; //xとyの根が同じ(=同じ木にある)時はそのまま
		par[rx] = ry; //xとyの根が同じでない(=同じ木にない)時：xの根rxをyの根ryにつける
	}

	bool same(int x, int y) { // 2つのデータx, yが属する木が同じならtrueを返す
		int rx = root(x);
		int ry = root(y);
		return rx == ry;
	}
};
typedef long long ll;

ll M = 1000000007;

vector<ll> fac(300001); //n!(mod M)
vector<ll> ifac(300001); //k!^{M-2} (mod M)

ll mpow(ll x, ll n) {
	ll ans = 1;
	while (n != 0) {
		if (n & 1) ans = ans * x % M;
		x = x * x % M;
		n = n >> 1;
	}
	return ans;
}
ll comb(ll a, ll b) {
	if (a == 0 && b == 0)return 1;
	if (a < b || a < 0)return 0;
	ll tmp = ifac[a - b] * ifac[b] % M;
	return tmp * fac[a] % M;
}
// mod. m での a の逆元 a^{-1} を計算する
long long modinv(long long a) {
	long long b = M, u = 1, v = 0;
	while (b) {
		long long t = a / b;
		a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
		u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
	}
	u %= M;
	if (u < 0) u += M;
	return u;
}
vector<vector<ll>> mul(vector<vector<ll>> a,vector<vector<ll>> b,int n){
	int i,j,k,t;
	vector<vector<ll>> c(n);
	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
		for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
			t = 0;
			for (k = 0; k < n; k++)
				t = (t + a[i][k]*b[k][j] % M)%M;
			c[i].push_back(t);
		}
	}
	return c;
}
int main() {
	ll n, i, y[111111], c, sum[111111], cul1, cul2, ans = 1e+15;
	cin >> n;
	for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
		cin >> y[i];
	sort(y + 1, y + n + 1);
	sum[0] = 0;
	for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
		sum[i] = sum[i - 1] + y[i];
	for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
		if (i % 2 == 1) {
			c = y[i / 2 + 1];
			cul1 = c + sum[i] - sum[i / 2 + 1] * 2;
		}
		else
			cul1 = sum[i] - sum[i / 2] * 2;
		if ((n - i) % 2 == 1) {
			c = y[(n + i+1) / 2];
			cul2 = c + sum[n] - sum[(n + i+1) / 2] * 2 + sum[i];
		}
		else
			cul2 = sum[n] - sum[(n + i) / 2] * 2 + sum[i];
		ans = min(ans, cul1 + cul2);
	}
	if (y[1] == y[n])
		ans = 1;
	cout << ans << endl;
}