Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

We will play a one-player game using a number line and N pieces.

First, we place each of these pieces at some integer coordinate.

Here, multiple pieces can be placed at the same coordinate.

Our objective is to visit all of the M coordinates X_1, X_2, ..., X_M with these pieces, by repeating the following move:

Move: Choose a piece and let x be its coordinate. Put that piece at coordinate x+1 or x-1.

Note that the coordinates where we initially place the pieces are already regarded as visited.

Find the minimum number of moves required to achieve the objective.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

1 \leq N \leq 10^5

1 \leq M \leq 10^5

-10^5 \leq X_i \leq 10^5

X_1, X_2, ..., X_M are all different.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N M
X_1 X_2 ... X_M

Output

Find the minimum number of moves required to achieve the objective.

Sample Input 1

2 5
10 12 1 2 14

Sample Output 1

5

The objective can be achieved in five moves as follows, and this is the minimum number of moves required.

Initially, put the two pieces at coordinates 1 and 10.

Move the piece at coordinate 1 to 2.

Move the piece at coordinate 10 to 11.

Move the piece at coordinate 11 to 12.

Move the piece at coordinate 12 to 13.

Move the piece at coordinate 13 to 14.

Sample Input 2

3 7
-10 -3 0 9 -100 2 17

Sample Output 2

19

Sample Input 3

100 1
-100000

Sample Output 3

0

Solution in Java (OpenJDK 11.0.6) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
        int n = sc.nextInt();
        int m = sc.nextInt();
        int[] a = new int[m];
        for (int i=0;i<m;i++)a[i]=sc.nextInt();
        if (n>=m)System.out.println(0);
        else {
            Arrays.sort(a);
            Integer[] sum = new Integer[m-1];
            int SUM = 0;
            for (int i=0;i<m-1;i++){
                sum[i]=a[i+1]-a[i];
                SUM+=sum[i];
            }
            Comparator<Integer> c = new Comparator<Integer>() {
                @Override
                public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) {
                    return o2.compareTo(o1);
                }
            };
            Arrays.sort(sum,c);
            for (int i=0;i<n-1;i++)SUM-=sum[i];
            System.out.println(SUM);
        }
        
    }

    public static long MOD = 1000000007;
    public static class FastScanner {
        private final InputStream in = System.in;
        private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        private int ptr = 0;
        private int buflen = 0;
        private boolean hasNextByte() {
            if (ptr < buflen) {
                return true;
            }else{
                ptr = 0;
                try {
                    buflen = in.read(buffer);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                if (buflen <= 0) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
        private int readByte() { if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++]; else return -1;}
        private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) { return 33 <= c && c <= 126;}
        public boolean hasNext() { while(hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++; return hasNextByte();}
        public String next() {
            if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int b = readByte();
            while(isPrintableChar(b)) {
                sb.appendCodePoint(b);
                b = readByte();
            }
            return sb.toString();
        }
        public long nextLong() {
            if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
            long n = 0;
            boolean minus = false;
            int b = readByte();
            if (b == '-') {
                minus = true;
                b = readByte();
            }
            if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            while(true){
                if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    n *= 10;
                    n += b - '0';
                }else if(b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)){
                    return minus ? -n : n;
                }else{
                    throw new NumberFormatException();
                }
                b = readByte();
            }
        }
        public int nextInt() {
            long nl = nextLong();
            if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
            return (int) nl;
        }
        public double nextDouble() { return Double.parseDouble(next());}
    }
    public static class Basic {
        //math
        private final int MAX = 510000;
        private final int MOD = 1000000007;
        private final long[] fac = new long[MAX];
        private final long[] finv = new long[MAX];
        private final long[] inv = new long[MAX];
        public long factorial(long num) {
            if (num < 2) return 1;
            else return num * factorial(num - 1);
        }
        public int arraySum(int[] array) {
            int ans = 0;
            for (int value : array) ans += value;
            return ans;
        }
        public double log(double base, double antilogarithm) {
            return Math.log(antilogarithm) / Math.log(base);
        }
        public int gcd(int x, int y) {
            if (y == 0) return x;
            else return gcd(y, x % y);
        }
        public int lcm(int x, int y) {
            return x / gcd(x, y) * y;
        }
        public HashMap<Long, Long> factorization(long num) {
            HashMap<Long, Long> hash = new HashMap<>();
            long n = num;
            long count = 2;
            while (n > 1) {
                while (n % count == 0) {
                    n /= count;
                    if (hash.containsKey(count)) hash.put(count, hash.get(count) + 1);
                    else hash.put(count, 1L);
                }
                count++;
            }
            return hash;
        }
        public int sum(int[] num) {
            int ans = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < num.length; i++) {
                ans += num[i];
            }
            return ans;
        }
        public int[] reduce(int small, int big) {
            int ins = 2;
            while (ins <= small) {
                if (small % ins == 0 && big % ins == 0) {
                    small /= ins;
                    big /= ins;
                    ins = 2;
                } else {
                    ins++;
                }
            }
            return new int[]{small, big};
        }
        public int reduceCount(int small, int big) {
            int ins = 2;
            int ans = 0;
            while (ins <= small) {
                if (small % ins == 0 && big % ins == 0) {
                    small /= ins;
                    big /= ins;
                    ins = 2;
                    ans++;
                } else {
                    ins++;
                }
            }
            return ans;
        }
        public int binarySearch(int[] array, int target) {
            int pos = -1;
            int left = 0;
            int right = array.length - 1;
            int middle;
            while (pos == -1 && left <= right) {
                middle = (left + right) / 2;
                if (array[middle] == target) pos = middle;
                else if (array[middle] > target) right = middle - 1;
                else left = middle + 1;
            }
            return pos;
        }
        public long modPow(long a, long n, long mod) {
            long res = 1;
            while (n > 0) {
                if ((n & 1) != 0) res = res * a % mod;
                a = a * a % mod;
                n >>= 1;
            }
            return res;
        }
        public long modinv(long a, long mod) {
            return modPow(a, mod - 2, mod);
        }
        public void COMinit() {
            fac[0] = 1;
            fac[1] = 1;
            finv[0] = 1;
            finv[1] = 1;
            inv[1] = 1;
            for (int i = 2; i < MAX; i++) {
                fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;
                inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD % i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
                finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
            }
        }
        public long COM(int n, int k) {
            if (n < k) return 0;
            if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
            return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
        }
        public long HCOM(int n, int k) {
            return COM(n + k - 1, k);
        }
        //array
        public int[] remove(int[] ar, int pos) {
            int[] ret = new int[ar.length - 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < pos; i++) ret[i] = ar[i];
            for (int i = pos + 1; i < ar.length; i++) ret[i - 1] = ar[i];
            return ret;
        }
        //graph
        public void warshall_floyd(int[][] d) {
            int n = d.length;
            for (int k = 0; k < n; k++)
                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) d[i][j] = Math.min(d[i][j], d[i][k] + d[k][j]);
        }//隣接行列が引数。辺が無い場合、INFを入力。
        public int[] bellman_ford(int[][] d, int size, int start){
            int e = d.length;
            int[] ans = new int[size];
            Arrays.fill(ans,Integer.MAX_VALUE);
            ans[start]=0;
            for (int i=0;i<size;i++){
                for (int[] a : d) {
                    if (ans[a[1]] > ans[a[0]] + a[2]) {
                        ans[a[1]] = ans[a[0]] + a[2];
                        if (i == size - 1) {
                            System.out.println("negative loop");
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return ans;
        }//辺を配列の要素として管理。

    }
    public static class Queue<T>{
        private final int max = 1000000;
        private final T[] queue = (T[]) new Object[max];
        private int tail = 0; private int head = 0;
        public void init(){this.head = 0; tail = 0;}
        public boolean isEmpty(){return (head==tail);}
        public boolean isFull(){return (head == (tail+1)%max);}
        public void enqueue(T v){
            if (isFull()){
                System.out.println("error: queue is full.");
                return;
            }
            queue[tail++] = v;
            if (tail == max) tail = 0;
        }
        public T dequeue(){
            if (isEmpty()){
                System.out.println("error: queue is empty");
                return null;
            }
            T res = queue[head];
            ++head;
            if (head == max) head = 0;
            return res;
        }
    }
    public static class Stack<T>{
        private final int max = 100000;
        private final T[] stack =(T[]) new Object[max];
        private int top = 0;
        public boolean isEmpty(){return (top==0);}
        public boolean isFull(){return (top==max);}
        public void init(){top=0;}
        public void push(T v){
            if (isFull()){
                System.out.println("error: stack is full.");
                return;
            }
            stack[top++] = v;
        }
        public T pop(){
            if (isEmpty()){
                System.out.println("error: stack is empty");
                return null;
            }
            return stack[--top];
        }
    }
    public static class Pair<K,V>{
        private K A;
        private V B;
        Pair(K a,V b){
            A=a;
            B=b;
        }
        public void changeA(K a){A=a;}
        public void changeB(V b){B=b;}
        public void changeAB(K a,V b){A=a;B=b;}
        public static Comparator numberSortWithA = new Comparator() {
            @Override
            public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
                Pair p = (Pair)o1;
                Pair q = (Pair)o2;
                if ((int)p.A<(int)q.A)return -1;
                else if ((int)p.A==(int)q.A)return 0;
                else return 1;
            }
        };
        public static Comparator numberSortWithB = new Comparator() {
            @Override
            public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
                Pair p = (Pair)o1;
                Pair q = (Pair)o2;
                if ((int)p.B<(int)q.B)return -1;
                else if ((int)p.B==(int)q.B)return 0;
                else return 1;
            }
        };
    }
    public static class Graph{
        private final HashMap<Integer,HashSet<Integer>> graph = new HashMap<>();
        private final int Size;
        private int[] Depth;
        Graph(int size){
            for (int i=0;i<size;i++)graph.put(i,new HashSet<>());
            Size = size;
        }

        public void addEdge(int node1,int node2){
            if (graph.containsKey(node1)&&graph.containsKey(node2)){
                graph.get(node1).add(node2);
                graph.get(node2).add(node1);
            }
        }
        public void addDirectEdge(int from,int to){
            if (graph.containsKey(from)&&graph.containsKey(to)){
                graph.get(from).add(to);
            }
        }
        public int[] Depth(int root){
            Queue<Integer> q = new Queue<>();
            q.enqueue(root);
            boolean[] seen = new boolean[Size];
            Arrays.fill(seen, false);
            seen[root]=true;
            int[] depth = new int[Size];
            depth[root]=0;
            while (!q.isEmpty()){
                int v = q.dequeue();
                for (int u : graph.get(v)){
                    if (!seen[u]){
                        seen[u]=true;
                        q.enqueue(u);
                        depth[u]=depth[v]+1;
                    }
                }
            }
            Depth = depth.clone();
            return depth;
        }
    }
    public static class WeightedGraph{
        private final HashMap<Integer,HashMap<Integer,Integer>> graph = new HashMap<>();
        private final int Size;
        WeightedGraph(int size){
            for (int i=0;i<size;i++)graph.put(i,new HashMap<>());
            Size = size;
        }

        public void addEdge(int node1,int node2,int weight){
            if (graph.containsKey(node1)&&graph.containsKey(node2)){
                graph.get(node1).put(node2,weight);
                graph.get(node2).put(node1,weight);
            }
        }
        public void addDirectEdge(int from,int to,int weight){
            if (graph.containsKey(from)&&graph.containsKey(to)){
                graph.get(from).put(to,weight);
            }
        }
        public int[] dijkstra(int root){
            Comparator<int[]> c = new Comparator<int[]>() {
                @Override
                public int compare(int[] o1, int[] o2) {
                    return Integer.compare(o1[1], o2[1]);
                }
            };
            PriorityQueue<int[]> q = new PriorityQueue<>(c);
            q.add(new int[]{root,0});
            int[] ret = new int[Size];
            Arrays.fill(ret,Integer.MAX_VALUE);
            ret[root]=0;
            while (!q.isEmpty()){
                int[] v = q.poll();
                if (v[1]<=ret[v[0]]){
                    HashMap<Integer,Integer> h = graph.get(v[0]);
                    for (int u : h.keySet()){
                        if (ret[u]>v[1]+h.get(u)){
                            ret[u]=v[1]+h.get(u);
                            q.add(new int[]{u,ret[u]});
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return ret;
        }

    }
    public static class UnionFindTree{
        int[] parent;
        int[] rank;
        int[] Size;
        public UnionFindTree(int size){
            this.parent = new int[size];
            this.rank = new int[size];
            this.Size = new int[size];
            for (int i=0;i<size;i++){
                makeSet(i);
            }
        }
        public void makeSet(int i){
            parent[i]=i;
            rank[i]=0;
            Size[i]=1;
        }
        public void unite(int x, int y){
            int xRoot = find(x);
            int yRoot = find(y);
            if (rank[xRoot]>rank[yRoot]){
                parent[yRoot] = xRoot;
                Size[xRoot]+=Size[yRoot];
            }else if (rank[xRoot]<rank[yRoot]){
                parent[xRoot] = yRoot;
                Size[yRoot]+=Size[xRoot];
            }else if (xRoot!=yRoot){
                parent[yRoot] = xRoot;
                rank[xRoot]++;
                Size[xRoot]+=Size[yRoot];
            }
        }
        public int find(int i){
            if (i!= parent[i]){
                parent[i]=find(parent[i]);
            }
            return parent[i];
        }
        public boolean same(int x, int y){
            return find(x) == find(y);
        }
        public int getSize(int i){return Size[find(i)];}
    }
    public static class BitSearch<T>{
        T[] Array;
        int Width;
        int Length;
        BitSearch(T[] t, int width){
            Array = t;
            Width = width;
            Length = Array.length;
        }
        void start(){
            long max = (long)Math.pow(Width,Length);
            for (long i=0;i<max;i++){
                StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(Long.toString(i, Width));
                while (s.length()<Length) s.insert(0, "0");
                run(s);
            }
        }
        void run(StringBuilder s){

        }
    }

}