#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(dead_code)]
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, Stdin};
use std::iter;
use std::mem;
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::string::String;

#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
}

fn scanner() -> Scanner<Stdin> {
    Scanner::new(io::stdin())
}

impl<R: io::Read> Scanner<R> {
    pub fn new(read: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        Scanner {
            reader: BufReader::new(read),
        }
    }

    pub fn next_str(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        let mut buf = [0; 1];
        let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
        if size == 0 {
            None
        } else {
            self.skip_whitespace(&mut buf)?;
            let mut v = vec![buf[0]];
            loop {
                let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
                if size == 0 || buf[0].is_ascii_whitespace() {
                    break;
                }
                v.push(buf[0]);
            }
            Some(String::from_utf8(v).unwrap())
        }
    }

    pub fn next_line(&mut self) -> String {
        let mut line = String::new();
        self.reader.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line
    }

    pub fn vec<S: FromStr>(&mut self, size: i32) -> Vec<S> {
        let mut v: Vec<S> = vec![];
        for _ in 0..size {
            let token = self.next_str().unwrap();
            v.push(S::from_str(&token).ok().unwrap());
        }
        v
    }

    pub fn next_as<S: FromStr>(&mut self) -> Option<S> {
        let s = self.next_str()?;
        S::from_str(&s).ok()
    }

    pub fn str(&mut self) -> String {
        self.next_str().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn i32(&mut self) -> i32 {
        self.next_as::<i32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn u32(&mut self) -> u32 {
        self.next_as::<u32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn i64(&mut self) -> i64 {
        self.next_as::<i64>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn u64(&mut self) -> u64 {
        self.next_as::<u64>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn usize(&mut self) -> usize {
        self.next_as::<usize>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn f32(&mut self) -> f32 {
        self.next_as::<f32>().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn f64(&mut self) -> f64 {
        self.next_as::<f64>().unwrap()
    }

    fn skip_whitespace(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> Option<u8> {
        loop {
            if !buf[0].is_ascii_whitespace() {
                return Some(buf[0]);
            }
            let size = self.reader.read(&mut buf).unwrap();
            if size == 0 {
                return None;
            }
        }
    }
}

fn yesno(b: bool) -> &'static str {
    if b {
        "Yes"
    } else {
        "No"
    }
}

// end of library

fn main() {
    let mut sc = scanner();
    let mut v = sc.vec::<i32>(3);
    v.sort();
    println!("{}", (v[1] - v[0]).min(v[2] - v[1]));
}