Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

Snuke and Raccoon have a heap of N cards. The i-th card from the top has the integer a_i written on it.

They will share these cards.
First, Snuke will take some number of cards from the top of the heap, then Raccoon will take all the remaining cards.
Here, both Snuke and Raccoon have to take at least one card.

Let the sum of the integers on Snuke's cards and Raccoon's cards be x and y, respectively.
They would like to minimize |x-y|.
Find the minimum possible value of |x-y|.

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 2 \times 10^5

-10^{9} \leq a_i \leq 10^{9}

a_i is an integer.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
a_1 a_2 ... a_{N}

Output

Print the answer.

Sample Input 1

6
1 2 3 4 5 6

Sample Output 1

1

If Snuke takes four cards from the top, and Raccoon takes the remaining two cards, x=10, y=11, and thus |x-y|=1. This is the minimum possible value.

Sample Input 2

2
10 -10

Sample Output 2

20

Snuke can only take one card from the top, and Raccoon can only take the remaining one card. In this case, x=10, y=-10, and thus |x-y|=20.

Solution in Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)


import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    MyScanner sc    = new MyScanner();
    Scanner   sc2   = new Scanner(System.in);
    long      start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long      fin   = System.currentTimeMillis();
    final int MOD   = 1000000007;
    int[]     dx    = { 1, 0, 0, -1 };
    int[]     dy    = { 0, 1, -1, 0 };

    void run() {
        int N = sc.nextInt();
        long[] a = sc.nextLongArray(N);
        long A = 0;
        long B = 0;
        long min = Long.MAX_VALUE / 10;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) A += a[i];
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) {
            A -= a[i];
            B += a[i];
            min = Math.min(min, Math.abs(A - B));
        }
        System.out.println(min);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().run();
    }

    void debug(Object... o) {
        System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(o));
    }

    void debug2(char[][] array) {
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < array[i].length; j++) {
                System.out.print(array[i][j]);
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }

    boolean inner(int h, int w, int limH, int limW) {
        return 0 <= h && h < limH && 0 <= w && w < limW;
    }

    void swap(int[] x, int a, int b) {
        int tmp = x[a];
        x[a] = x[b];
        x[b] = tmp;
    }

    // find minimum i (k <= a[i])
    int lower_bound(int a[], int k) {
        int l = -1;
        int r = a.length;
        while (r - l > 1) {
            int mid = (l + r) / 2;
            if (k <= a[mid])
                r = mid;
            else
                l = mid;
        }
        // r = l + 1
        return r;
    }

    // find minimum i (k < a[i])
    int upper_bound(int a[], int k) {
        int l = -1;
        int r = a.length;
        while (r - l > 1) {
            int mid = (l + r) / 2;
            if (k < a[mid])
                r = mid;
            else
                l = mid;
        }
        // r = l + 1
        return r;
    }

    int gcd(int a, int b) {
        return a % b == 0 ? b : gcd(b, a % b);
    }

    int lcm(int a, int b) {
        return a * b / gcd(a, b);
    }

    boolean palindrome(String s) {
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length() / 2; i++) {
            if (s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(s.length() - 1 - i)) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    class MyScanner {
        int nextInt() {
            try {
                int c = System.in.read();
                while (c != '-' && (c < '0' || '9' < c))
                    c = System.in.read();
                if (c == '-')
                    return -nextInt();
                int res = 0;
                do {
                    res *= 10;
                    res += c - '0';
                    c = System.in.read();
                } while ('0' <= c && c <= '9');
                return res;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return -1;
            }
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        String next() {
            try {
                StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder("");
                int c = System.in.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(c))
                    c = System.in.read();
                do {
                    res.append((char) c);
                } while (!Character.isWhitespace(c = System.in.read()));
                return res.toString();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return null;
            }
        }

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

        int[][] nextInt2dArray(int n, int m) {
            int[][] in = new int[n][m];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                in[i] = nextIntArray(m);
            }
            return in;
        }

        double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) {
            double[] in = new double[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                in[i] = nextDouble();
            }
            return in;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] in = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                in[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return in;
        }

        char[][] nextCharField(int n, int m) {
            char[][] in = new char[n][m];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                String s = sc.next();
                for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
                    in[i][j] = s.charAt(j);
                }
            }
            return in;
        }
    }
}