import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;


public class Main_yukicoder135 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        Printer pr = new Printer(System.out);

        int n = sc.nextInt();
        List<Integer> x = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        	x.add(sc.nextInt());
        }
        Collections.sort(x);

        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
        	int tmp = Math.abs(x.get(i) - x.get(i + 1));
        	if (tmp != 0) {
        		min = Math.min(min, tmp);
        	}
        }

        if (min == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
        	pr.println("0");
        } else {
        	pr.println(min);
        }

        pr.close();
        sc.close();
    }

	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	private static class Scanner {
		BufferedReader br;
		Iterator<String> it;
		
		Scanner (InputStream in) {
			br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
		}
		
		String next() throws RuntimeException  {
			try {
				if (it == null || !it.hasNext()) {
					it = Arrays.asList(br.readLine().split(" ")).iterator();
				}
				return it.next();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new IllegalStateException();
			}
		}
		
		int nextInt() throws RuntimeException {
			return Integer.parseInt(next());
		}

		long nextLong() throws RuntimeException {
			return Long.parseLong(next());
		}

		float nextFloat() throws RuntimeException {
			return Float.parseFloat(next());
		}

		double nextDouble() throws RuntimeException {
			return Double.parseDouble(next());
		}

		void close() {
			try {
				br.close();
			} catch (IOException e) {
//				throw new IllegalStateException();
			}
		}
	}

	private static class Printer extends PrintWriter {
		Printer(PrintStream out) {
			super(out);
		}
	}
}