// Original: https://github.com/tanakh/competitive-rs
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };

    ($next:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($next, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, bytes) => {
        read_value!($next, String).into_bytes()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

mod util {
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn chmin<T>(x: &mut T, y: T) -> bool
    where
        T: PartialOrd + Copy,
    {
        *x > y && {
            *x = y;
            true
        }
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn chmax<T>(x: &mut T, y: T) -> bool
    where
        T: PartialOrd + Copy,
    {
        *x < y && {
            *x = y;
            true
        }
    }

    /// 整数除算切り上げ
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn roundup(a: i64, b: i64) -> i64 {
        (a + b - 1) / b
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn ctoi(c: char) -> i64 {
        c as i64 - 48
    }
}

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use util::*;

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, VecDeque};

fn main() {
    input! {
        n:usize,
        mut ys:[i64;n]
    }

    ys.sort();
    let mut diff = 0;
    let mut pos = 0;
    for i in 0..n - 1 {
        let nd = (ys[i] - ys[i + 1]).abs();
        if chmax(&mut diff, nd) {
            pos = i + 1;
        }
    }

    if diff == 0 {
        println!("1");
        return;
    }

    let l = f(&ys[0..pos]);
    let r = f(&ys[pos..]);
    println!("{}", l + r);
}

fn f(vs: &[i64]) -> i64 {
    let mut res = 0;
    let mid = vs.len() / 2;
    let m = vs[mid];
    for (_, &elm) in vs.iter().enumerate() {
        res += (m - elm).abs();
    }
    res
}