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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
	static final int mod = (int) 1e9 + 7;
	static final int DX[] = { -1, 0, 1, 0 }, DY[] = { 0, -1, 0, 1 };
	static final int[] DX8 = { -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 }, DY8 = { -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1 };
	static final int INF = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 3;
	static final long LINF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 3;
	static final String nextLine = "\n";

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		FastScanner fs = new FastScanner(System.in);
		int n = fs.nextInt();
		int a[] = new int[n];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++)a[i] = fs.nextInt();
		Arrays.sort(a);
		long ans = 0;
		if(n%2==0) {
			for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
				if(i<(n-1)/2)ans -= a[i]*2;
				else if(i==(n-1)/2) ans -= a[i];
				else if(i==n/2) ans += a[i];
				else ans += a[i]*2;
			}
			System.out.println(ans);
			return;
		}
		
		//真ん中３つ以外を処理する。
		int m = n/2;
		int l = m-1;
		int r = m+1; 
		long t = 0;
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			if(i<l)t -= a[i]*2;
			else if(i>r) t += a[i]*2;
		}
		
		
		long res = t;
		//小大小大小
		res += a[r]*2;
		res -= (a[m] + a[l]);
		ans = Math.max(ans, res);
		//大小大小大
		res = t;
		res -= a[l]*2;
		res += (a[m] + a[r]);
		ans = Math.max(ans, res);
		
		System.out.println(ans);
	}

	//MOD culculations
	static long plus(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x + y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long sub(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x - y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long mul(long x, long y) {
		long res = (x * y) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long div(long x, long y) {
		long res = x * pow(y, mod - 2) % mod;
		return res < 0 ? res + mod : res;
	}

	static long pow(long x, long y) {
		if (y < 0)
			return 0;
		if (y == 0)
			return 1;
		if (y % 2 == 1)
			return (x * pow(x, y - 1)) % mod;
		long root = pow(x, y / 2);
		return root * root % mod;
	}
}

//高速なScanner
class FastScanner {
	private BufferedReader reader = null;
	private StringTokenizer tokenizer = null;

	public FastScanner(InputStream in) {
		reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
		tokenizer = null;
	}

	public String next() {
		if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
			try {
				tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
		return tokenizer.nextToken();
	}

	public String nextLine() {
		if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
			try {
				return reader.readLine();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
		return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
	}

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

	public int nextInt() {
		return Integer.parseInt(next());
	}

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

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

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