Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There is a circular pond with a perimeter of K meters, and N houses around them.

The i-th house is built at a distance of A_i meters from the northmost point of the pond, measured clockwise around the pond.

When traveling between these houses, you can only go around the pond.

Find the minimum distance that needs to be traveled when you start at one of the houses and visit all the N houses.

Constraints

2 \leq K \leq 10^6

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

0 \leq A_1 < ... < A_N < K

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

K N
A_1 A_2 ... A_N

Output

Print the minimum distance that needs to be traveled when you start at one of the houses and visit all the N houses.

Sample Input 1

20 3
5 10 15

Sample Output 1

10

If you start at the 1-st house and go to the 2-nd and 3-rd houses in this order, the total distance traveled will be 10.

Sample Input 2

20 3
0 5 15

Sample Output 2

10

If you start at the 2-nd house and go to the 1-st and 3-rd houses in this order, the total distance traveled will be 10.

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

/*
    Author: Anthony Ngene
    Created: 29/08/2020 - 09:03
*/

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

public class Main {
// Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Teresa
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        in = new FastScanner();

        int circumference = in.intNext(), n = in.intNext();
        int[] arr = in.nextIntArray(n);

        int maxDiff = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) maxDiff = max(maxDiff, arr[i] - arr[i - 1]);
        int lastToFirst = (circumference - arr[n - 1]) + arr[0];
        maxDiff = max(maxDiff, lastToFirst);
        out.println(circumference - maxDiff);

        out.close();
    }


// checks: 1. edge cases   2. overflow   3. possible errors (e.g 1/0, arr[out])   4. time/space complexity
// Generated Code Below:
private static final FastWriter out = new FastWriter();
private static FastScanner in;
static ArrayList<Integer>[] adj;
private static long e97 = (long)1e9 + 7;
static class FastWriter {
    private static final int IO_BUFFERS = 128 * 1024;
    private final StringBuilder out;
    public FastWriter() { out = new StringBuilder(IO_BUFFERS); }
    public FastWriter p(Object object) { out.append(object); return this; }
    public FastWriter p(String format, Object... args) { out.append(String.format(format, args)); return this; }
    public FastWriter pp(Object... args) { for (Object ob : args) { out.append(ob).append(" ");  } out.append("\n"); return this; }
    public FastWriter pp(int[] args) { for (int ob : args) { out.append(ob).append(" ");  } out.append("\n"); return this; }
    public FastWriter pp(long[] args) { for (long ob : args) { out.append(ob).append(" ");  } out.append("\n"); return this; }
    public FastWriter pp(char[] args) { for (char ob : args) { out.append(ob).append(" ");  } out.append("\n"); return this; }
    public void println(long[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(int[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(char[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(double[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(boolean[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public <T>void println(T[] arr) { out.append(Arrays.toString(arr)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(long[][] arr) {  for (long[] row: arr) out.append(Arrays.toString(row)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(int[][] arr) {  for (int[] row: arr) out.append(Arrays.toString(row)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(char[][] arr) {  for (char[] row: arr) out.append(Arrays.toString(row)).append("\n"); }
    public void println(double[][] arr) {  for (double[] row: arr) out.append(Arrays.toString(row)).append("\n"); }
    public <T>void println(T[][] arr) {  for (T[] row: arr) out.append(Arrays.toString(row)).append("\n"); }
    public FastWriter println(Object object) { out.append(object).append("\n"); return this; }
    public void toFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
        BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileName));
        writer.write(out.toString());
        writer.close();
    }
    public void close() throws IOException { System.out.print(out); }
}
static class FastScanner {
    private InputStream sin = System.in;
    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    private int ptr = 0;
    private int buflen = 0;
    public FastScanner(){}
    public FastScanner(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException {
        File file = new File(filename);
        sin = new FileInputStream(file);
    }
    private boolean hasNextByte() {
        if (ptr < buflen) {
            return true;
        }else{
            ptr = 0;
            try {
                buflen = sin.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 longNext() {
        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) || b == ':'){
                return minus ? -n : n;
            }else{
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            b = readByte();
        }
    }
    public int intNext() {
        long nl = longNext();
        if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
        return (int) nl;
    }
    public double doubleNext() { return Double.parseDouble(next());}
    public long[] nextLongArray(final int n){
        final long[] a = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            a[i] = longNext();
        return a;
    }
    public int[] nextIntArray(final int n){
        final int[] a = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            a[i] = intNext();
        return a;
    }
    public double[] nextDoubleArray(final int n){
        final double[] a = new double[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            a[i] = doubleNext();
        return a;
    }
    public ArrayList<Integer>[] getAdj(int n) {
        ArrayList<Integer>[] adj = new ArrayList[n + 1];
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) adj[i] = new ArrayList<>();
        return adj;
    }
    public ArrayList<Integer>[] adjacencyList(int nodes, int edges) throws IOException {
        return adjacencyList(nodes, edges, false);
    }
    public ArrayList<Integer>[] adjacencyList(int nodes, int edges, boolean isDirected) throws IOException {
        adj = getAdj(nodes);
        for (int i = 0; i < edges; i++) {
            int a = intNext(), b = intNext();
            adj[a].add(b);
            if (!isDirected) adj[b].add(a);
        }
        return adj;
    }
}
private static int max(int... ins){ int max = ins[0]; for(int i=1; i<ins.length; i++){ if(ins[i] > max) max = ins[i]; } return max; }

}