#include using namespace std; using LL = long long int; #define incID(i, l, r) for(int i = (l) ; i < (r); ++i) #define incII(i, l, r) for(int i = (l) ; i <= (r); ++i) #define decID(i, l, r) for(int i = (r) - 1; i >= (l); --i) #define decII(i, l, r) for(int i = (r) ; i >= (l); --i) #define inc(i, n) incID(i, 0, n) #define inc1(i, n) incII(i, 1, n) #define dec(i, n) decID(i, 0, n) #define dec1(i, n) decII(i, 1, n) #define inID(v, l, r) ((l) <= (v) && (v) < (r)) #define inII(v, l, r) ((l) <= (v) && (v) <= (r)) #define PB push_back #define EB emplace_back #define MP make_pair #define FI first #define SE second #define ALL(v) v.begin(), v.end() #define RALL(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend() auto setmin = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b < a ? a = b, true : false); }; auto setmax = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b > a ? a = b, true : false); }; auto setmineq = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b <= a ? a = b, true : false); }; auto setmaxeq = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b >= a ? a = b, true : false); }; auto fl = [](auto a, auto b) { assert(b != 0); return a / b - (a % b != 0 && ((a >= 0) != (b >= 0)) ? 1 : 0); }; auto ce = [](auto a, auto b) { assert(b != 0); return a / b + (a % b != 0 && ((a >= 0) == (b >= 0)) ? 1 : 0); }; auto mo = [](auto a, auto b) { assert(b != 0); a %= b; if(a < 0) { a += abs(b); } return a; }; LL gcd(LL a, LL b) { return (b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b)); } LL lcm(LL a, LL b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; } #define bit(b, i) (((b) >> (i)) & 1) #define SI(v) static_cast(v.size()) #define RF(e, v) for(auto & e: v) #define until(e) while(! (e)) #define if_not(e) if(! (e)) #define ef else if #define UR assert(false) // ---- ---- int main() { int n; cin >> n; vector a(n), s(n + 1); inc(i, n) { cin >> a[i]; } sort(ALL(a)); inc(i, n) { s[i + 1] = s[i] + a[i]; } auto sum = [&](int l, int r) { return s[r] - s[l]; }; auto f = [&](int i, int c) { return 2 * a[i] < a[i - c] + a[n - c]; }; LL ans = 0; inc(i, n) { int l = 0 - 1, r = min(i, n - (i + 1)) + 1; until(l + 1 == r) { int m = (l + r) / 2; (f(i, m) ? l : r) = m; } setmax(ans, sum(i - l, i) + sum(n - l, n) - 2 * l * a[i]); } cout << ans << endl; return 0; }