#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<map>
#include<vector>
#include<list>
#include<queue>
#include<stack>
#include<deque>
#include<set>
#include<bitset>
#include<functional>
#include<utility>
#include<iterator>
#include<algorithm>
#include<sstream>
#include<fstream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<cmath>
#include<ctime>
#include<cstring>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
#define len(val) static_cast<int>(val.size())
#define rep(i, N) for(int i=0; i<N; i++)
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

int main()
{
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    int n;
    cin >> n;
    int x[(int)1e6+1];
    memset(x, 0, sizeof(x));
    rep(i, n){
        int tmp; cin >> tmp;
        x[tmp] = 1;
    }
    if(n == 1) cout << 0 << endl;
    else{
        int res = 1e6;
        int now = -1;
        rep(i, 1e6+1){
            if(x[i]){
                if(now == -1){
                    now = i;
                }else{
                    res = min(res, i - now);
                    now = i;
                }
            }
        }
        cout << res << endl;
    }

}