using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace yukicoderTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string N = Console.ReadLine();
            string X = Console.ReadLine();
            string[] kyoristr = X.Split(' ');
            int[] kyori = new int[int.Parse(N)];
            int min = 1000000;

            for (int i = 0; i < kyori.Length; i++)
            {
                kyori[i] = int.Parse(kyoristr[i]);
            }

            Array.Sort(kyori);
            Array.Reverse(kyori);

            for (int i = 0; i < kyori.Length - 1; i++)
            {
                if (kyori[i] == kyori[i + 1])
                {
                    continue;
                }
                int temp = kyori[i] - kyori[i + 1];
                if (min > temp)
                {
                    min = temp;
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine(min);

        }

    }
}