import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in Actual solution is at the top
 *
 * @author MaxHeap
 */
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }
}
 import java.io.OutputStream; OutputStream java.io import java.io.IOException; IOException java.io import java.io.InputStream; InputStream java.io import java.io.PrintWriter; PrintWriter java.io import java.util.Arrays; Arrays java.util import java.util.InputMismatchException; InputMismatchException java.util import java.io.IOException; IOException java.io import java.io.InputStream; InputStream java.io public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }
} Main public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  } main {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  } InputStream inputStream = System.in; inputStream System.in System System.in OutputStream outputStream = System.out; outputStream System.out System System.out InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream); in new InputReader(inputStream) PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream); out new PrintWriter(outputStream) TaskB solver = new TaskB(); solver new TaskB() solver.solve(1, in, out) solver.solve solver 1 in out out.close() out.close out String[] args args static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  } TaskB public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    } solve {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    } int n = in.nextInt(); n in.nextInt() in.nextInt in int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n); arr in.nextIntArray(n) in.nextIntArray in n Arrays.sort(arr) Arrays.sort Arrays arr out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]) out.println out arr[n - 1] - arr[0] arr[n - 1] arr n - 1 n 1 arr[0] arr 0 int testNumber testNumber InputReader in in PrintWriter out out static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  } InputReader private InputStream stream; stream private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13]; buf new byte[1 << 13] 1 << 13 1 13 private int curChar; curChar private int numChars; numChars public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    } InputReader {
      this.stream = stream;
    } this.stream = stream this.stream this this.stream stream InputStream stream stream public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    } read {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    } if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      } this.numChars == -1 this.numChars this this.numChars -1 1 {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } throw new UnknownError(); new UnknownError() {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      } if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        } this.curChar >= this.numChars this.curChar this this.curChar this.numChars this this.numChars {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        } this.curChar = 0 this.curChar this this.curChar 0 try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          } IOException ex {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          } throw new InputMismatchException(); new InputMismatchException() {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf) this.numChars this this.numChars this.stream.read(this.buf) this.stream.read this.stream this this.stream this.buf this this.buf if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          } this.numChars <= 0 this.numChars this this.numChars 0 {
            return -1;
          } return -1; -1 1 return this.buf[this.curChar++]; this.buf[this.curChar++] this.buf this this.buf this.curChar++ this.curChar this this.curChar public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    } nextInt {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    } int c; c for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      } c = this.read(); c = this.read() c this.read() this.read this isSpaceChar(c) isSpaceChar c c = this.read() c = this.read() c this.read() this.read this {
      } {
      } byte sgn = 1; sgn 1 if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      } c == 45 c 45 {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      } sgn = -1 sgn -1 1 c = this.read() c this.read() this.read this int res = 0; res 0 while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      } c >= 48 && c <= 57 c >= 48 c 48 c <= 57 c 57 {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      } res *= 10 res 10 res += c - 48 res c - 48 c 48 c = this.read() c this.read() this.read this if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        } isSpaceChar(c) isSpaceChar c {
          return res * sgn;
        } return res * sgn; res * sgn res sgn throw new InputMismatchException(); new InputMismatchException() public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    } isSpaceChar {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    } return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1; c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1 c == 9 c == 13 c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1 c == 32 c 32 c == 10 c 10 c == 13 c 13 c == 9 c 9 c == -1 c -1 1 int c c public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    } nextIntArray {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    } int[] arr = new int[n]; arr new int[n] n for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      } int i = 0; int i = 0; i 0 i < n i n i++ i++ i {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      } {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      } arr[i] = nextInt() arr[i] arr i nextInt() nextInt return arr; arr int n n public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }
} public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }
} Main
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in Actual solution is at the top
 *
 * @author MaxHeap
 */
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    TaskB solver = new TaskB();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class TaskB {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);
      Arrays.sort(arr);
      out.println(arr[n - 1] - arr[0]);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == -1) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return -1;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == -1;
    }

    public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
      int[] arr = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextInt();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }
}

