#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
cin>>n;
vector<int>v(n);
for (int i=0; i<n; i++){
cin>>v[i];
}
sort(v.begin(), v.end());
vector<int>diff(n);
int sum = 0;
for (int i=0; i<n-1; i++){
diff[i] = v[i+1] - v[i];
sum += diff[i];
}
cout<<sum;
return 0;
}