Problem:
Score : 400 points

Problem Statement

You are given N integers; the i-th of them is A_i.
Find the maximum possible sum of the absolute differences between the adjacent elements after arranging these integers in a row in any order you like.

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 10^5

1 \leq A_i \leq 10^9

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
A_1
:
A_N

Output

Print the maximum possible sum of the absolute differences between the adjacent elements after arranging the given integers in a row in any order you like.

Sample Input 1

5
6
8
1
2
3

Sample Output 1

21

When the integers are arranged as 3,8,1,6,2, the sum of the absolute differences between the adjacent elements is |3 - 8| + |8 - 1| + |1 - 6| + |6 - 2| = 21. This is the maximum possible sum.

Sample Input 2

6
3
1
4
1
5
9

Sample Output 2

25

Sample Input 3

3
5
5
1

Sample Output 3

8

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
//using System.Numerics;  //comment out if AOJ
using System.Text;

using Problem = Tmp.Problem;
using MyIO;

#pragma warning disable   //for AOJ

namespace Tmp
{
    class Problem : IDisposable
    {
        bool IsGCJ;
        int Repeat;
        Scanner sc;
        Printer pr;
        public Problem(bool isGCJ, Scanner scanner, Printer printer)
        {
            sc = scanner;
            pr = printer;
            IsGCJ = isGCJ;
            if (isGCJ) Repeat = sc.nextInt();
            else Read();
        }
        public Problem(bool isGCJ) : this(isGCJ, new Scanner(), new Printer()) { }
        public Problem(bool isGCJ, Scanner scanner) : this(isGCJ, scanner, new Printer()) { }
        public Problem(bool isGCJ, Printer printer) : this(isGCJ, new Scanner(), printer) { }
        public void Solve()
        {
            if (IsGCJ) for (var i = 0; i < Repeat; i++) { Read(); pr.Write("Case #" + (i + 1) + ": "); SolveOne(); }
            else SolveOne();
        }
        public void Dispose()
        {
            sc.Dispose();
            pr.Dispose();
        }
        public int Size { get { return 1; } }
        public const long Mod = 1000000007;

        // 使用する変数をここに書く
        // string S;
        // int a;
        int n;
        int[] a, ls;
        /// <summary>
        /// 読み込み処理をここに書く
        /// </summary>
        void Read()
        {

        }
        /// <summary>
        /// メイン処理をここに書く
        /// </summary>
        void SolveOne()
        {
            n = sc.nextInt();
            a = sc.nextInt(n);
            Array.Sort(a);
            long ans = 0;
            ls = new int[n];
            if(n % 2 == 1)
            {
                ls[0] = a[n / 2];
                for (int i = 0; i < n/2; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 1] = a[i];
                    ls[i * 2 + 2] = a[n - 1 - i];
                }
                ans = Math.Max(ans, Calc());

                for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 2] = a[i];
                    ls[i * 2 + 1] = a[n - 1 - i];
                }
                ans = Math.Max(ans, Calc());

            }
            else
            {
                ls[0] = a[n / 2];
                for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 1] = a[i];
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < n/2 -1; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 2] = a[n - 1 - i];
                }
                ans = Math.Max(ans, Calc());

                ls[0] = a[n / 2 - 1];
                for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 1] = a[n - 1 - i];
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < n / 2 - 1; i++)
                {
                    ls[i * 2 + 2] = a[i];
                }
                ans = Math.Max(ans, Calc());
            }

            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }
        long Calc()
        {
            long ans = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++)
            {
                ans += Math.Abs(ls[i] - ls[i + 1]);
            }
            return ans;
        }
    }
}
class Program
{
    //public static RandomSFMT rand = new RandomSFMT();
    public static bool IsJudgeMode = true;
    public static bool IsGCJMode = false;
    public static bool IsSolveCreated = true;
    static void Main()
    {
        if (IsJudgeMode)
            if (IsGCJMode) using (var problem = new Problem(true, new Scanner("C-large-practice.in.txt"), new Printer("output.txt"))) problem.Solve();
            else using (var problem = new Problem(false, new Printer())) problem.Solve();
        else
        {
            var num = 1;
            int size = 0;
            decimal time = 0;
            for (var tmp = 0; tmp < num; tmp++)
            {
                using (var P = IsSolveCreated ? new Problem(false, new Scanner("input.txt"), new Printer()) : new Problem(false))
                {
                    size = P.Size;
                    //time += Func.MeasureTime(() => P.Solve());
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}ms", size, time / num);
        }
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// カスタマイズしたIO
/// </summary>
namespace MyIO
{
    class Printer : IDisposable
    {
        bool isConsole;
        TextWriter file;
        public Printer() { file = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false }; isConsole = true; }
        public Printer(string path) { file = new StreamWriter(path, false) { AutoFlush = false }; isConsole = false; }
        public void Write<T>(T value) { file.Write(value); }
        public void Write(bool b) { file.Write(b ? "YES" : "NO"); }
        public void Write(string str, params object[] args) { file.Write(str, args); }
        public void WriteLine() { file.WriteLine(); }
        public void WriteLine<T>(T value) { file.WriteLine(value); }
        public void WriteLine(bool b) { file.WriteLine(b ? "YES" : "NO"); }
        public void WriteLine<T>(IEnumerable<T> list) { foreach (var x in list) file.WriteLine(x); }
        public void WriteLine<T>(List<T> list) { foreach (var x in list) file.WriteLine(x); }
        public void WriteLine<T>(T[] list) { foreach (var x in list) file.WriteLine(x); }
        public void WriteLine(string str, params object[] args) { file.WriteLine(str, args); }
        public void Dispose() { file.Flush(); if (!isConsole) file.Dispose(); }
    }
    class Scanner : IDisposable
    {
        bool isConsole;
        TextReader file;
        public Scanner() { file = Console.In; }
        public Scanner(string path) { file = new StreamReader(path); isConsole = false; }
        public void Dispose() { if (!isConsole) file.Dispose(); }

        #region next読み込み
        string[] nextBuffer = new string[0];
        int BufferCnt = 0;

        char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };

        public string next()
        {
            while (BufferCnt >= nextBuffer.Length)
            {
                string st = file.ReadLine();
                while (st == "") st = file.ReadLine();
                nextBuffer = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                BufferCnt = 0;
            }
            return nextBuffer[BufferCnt++];
        }

        public int nextInt()
        {
            return int.Parse(next());
        }

        public long nextLong()
        {
            return long.Parse(next());
        }

        public double nextDouble()
        {
            return double.Parse(next());
        }

        private T[] enumerate<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
        {
            var a = new T[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) a[i] = f();
            return a;
        }

        public string[] next(int n) { return enumerate(n, next); }
        public double[] nextDouble(int n) { return enumerate(n, nextDouble); }
        public int[] nextInt(int n) { return enumerate(n, nextInt); }
        public long[] nextLong(int n) { return enumerate(n, nextLong); }
        #endregion
    }
}