#include<stdio.h>
#include<malloc.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int Sort(const void* a, const void* b)
{
    return *(int*)a-*(int*)b;
}
int main()
{
    int n = 0, m = 0;
    int* p = NULL;
    scanf("%d", &n);
    p = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int) * n);
    if(p==NULL)
        return 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        scanf("%d", &m);
        *(p + i) = m;
    }
    qsort(p, n, sizeof(int), Sort);
    printf("%d\n", *(p + n - 1) - *(p));
    free(p);
    p=NULL;
    return 0;
}