#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
#define MOD 1000000007
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(long long i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define REP(i,n)  FOR(i,0,n)
#define ITR(itr,mp) for(auto itr = (mp).begin(); itr != (mp).end(); ++itr)
#define dump(x)  cout << #x << " = " << (x) << endl;
#define debug(x) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << " (L" << __LINE__ << ")" << " " << __FILE__ << endl;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<ll,ll> P;
typedef vector<vector<P>> Graph;


int main(){
  
  int n;
  cin >> n;
  
  int v[n];
  REP(i,n){
    cin >> v[i];
  }
  
  sort(v,v+n);
  
  cout << v[n-1] - v[0] << endl



 return 0;
}