def main(io)
  n = io.get
  y = io.get_a(n, Int64)

  y.sort!
  io.put_e 1 if y.all?(&.== y[0])

  cy = CumulativeSum.new(y)
  s = 10_i64**18
  (1..n-1).each do |i|
    m1 = i//2
    s1 = -cy[0...m1] + cy[m1...i] - (i.odd? ? y[m1] : 0)
    m2 = (n-i)//2+i
    s2 = -cy[i...m2] + cy[m2...n] - ((n-i).odd? ? y[m2] : 0)
    min_u(s, s1+s2)
  end

  io.put(s)
end

macro min_u(a, b)
  {{a}} = Math.min({{a}}, {{b}})
end

macro max_u(a, b)
  {{a}} = Math.max({{a}}, {{b}})
end

def cdiv(a : Int, b : Int)
  (a + b - 1) // b
end

def isqrt(n : Int32)
  m = 46340
  r = (1..m).bsearch { |i| i**2 > n }
  r.nil? ? m : r - 1
end

def isqrt(n : Int64)
  m = 3037000499_i64
  r = (1_i64..m).bsearch { |i| i**2 > n }
  r.nil? ? m : r - 1
end

def powr(a : T, n : Int, i : T = T.multiplicative_identity) forall T
  powr(a, n, i) { |a, b| a * b }
end

def powr(a : T, n : Int, i : T = T.multiplicative_identity, &block) forall T
  return i if n == 0
  r, b = i, a
  while n > 0
    r = yield r, b if n.bit(0) == 1
    b = yield b, b
    n >>= 1
  end
  r
end

def ext_gcd(a : T, b : T) forall T
  if a == 0
    {b, T.new(0), T.new(1)}
  else
    g, x, y = ext_gcd(b%a, a)
    {g, y-(b//a)*x, x}
  end
end

class CumulativeSum(T)
  def initialize(a : Array(T))
    @n = a.size
    @s = Array.new(@n+1, T.zero)
    @n.times.each do |i|
      @s[i+1] = @s[i] + a[i]
    end
  end

  getter n : Int32

  def [](r : Range)
    sc = Indexable.range_to_index_and_count(r, @n)
    raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid range") if sc.nil?
    start, count = sc
    @s[start + count] - @s[start]
  end


  @s : Array(T)
end

class ProconIO
  def initialize
    @buf = [] of String
    @index = 0
  end

  def get(k : T.class = Int32) forall T
    get_v(k)
  end

  def get(*ks : T.class) forall T
    ks.map { |k| get_v(k) }
  end

  macro define_getn
    {% for i in (2..9) %}
      def get{{i}}(k : T.class = Int32) forall T
        get({% for j in (1..i) %}k{% if j < i %}, {% end %}{% end %})
      end
    {% end %}
  end
  define_getn

  def get_a(n : Int, k : T.class = Int32) forall T
    Array.new(n) { get_v(k) }
  end

  def get_c(n : Int, k : T.class = Int32) forall T
    get_a(n, k)
  end

  def get_c(n : Int, *ks : T.class) forall T
    a = Array.new(n) { get(*ks) }
    ks.map_with_index { |_, i| a.map { |e| e[i] } }
  end

  macro define_getn_c
    {% for i in (2..9) %}
      def get{{i}}_c(n : Int, k : T.class = Int32) forall T
        get_c(n, {% for j in (1..i) %}k{% if j < i %}, {% end %}{% end %})
      end
    {% end %}
  end
  define_getn_c

  def get_m(r : Int, c : Int, k : T.class = Int32) forall T
    Array.new(r) { get_a(c, k) }
  end

  def put(*vs)
    vs.each.with_index do |v, i|
      put_v(v)
      print i < vs.size - 1 ? " " : "\n"
    end
  end

  def put_e(*vs)
    put(*vs)
    exit
  end


  private def get_v(k : Int32.class); get_token.to_i32; end
  private def get_v(k : Int64.class); get_token.to_i64; end
  private def get_v(k : String.class); get_token; end

  private def get_token
    if @buf.size == @index
      @buf = read_line.split
      @index = 0
    end
    v = @buf[@index]
    @index += 1
    v
  end

  private def put_v(vs : Enumerable)
    vs.each_with_index do |v, i|
      print v
      print " " if i < vs.size - 1
    end
  end

  private def put_v(v)
    print v
  end
end

main(ProconIO.new)