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 Python (3.4.3) (judge verdict: Accepted)

# tenka1-2018-beginnerC - Align
def main():
    N, *A = map(int, open(0).read().split())
    A.sort()
    if N & 1:
        low, high, mid = A[: N // 2], A[N // 2 + 1 :], A[N // 2]
        x = (sum(high) - sum(low)) * 2 - mid + low[-1]
        y = (sum(high) - sum(low)) * 2 + mid - high[0]
        ans = max(x, y)
    else:
        low, high = A[: N // 2], A[N // 2 :]
        ans = (sum(high) - sum(low)) * 2 - high[0] + low[-1]
    print(ans)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()