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 Rust (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use itertools::Itertools;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use itertools_num::ItertoolsNum;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::iter;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use superslice::*;

fn run() {
    let (r, w) = (std::io::stdin(), std::io::stdout());
    let mut sc = IO::new(r.lock(), w.lock());

    let n: usize = sc.read();
    let mut a = sc.read_vec::<i64>(n);

    a.sort();
    a.reverse();
    if n % 2 == 0 {
        let ans = a
            .iter()
            .enumerate()
            .map(|(i, &x)| {
                if i < n / 2 - 1 {
                    2 * x
                } else if i == n / 2 - 1 {
                    x
                } else if i == n / 2 {
                    -x
                } else {
                    -2 * x
                }
            })
            .sum::<i64>();
        println!("{}", ans);
    } else {
        let ans1 = a
            .iter()
            .enumerate()
            .map(|(i, &x)| {
                if i < n / 2 - 1 {
                    2 * x
                } else if i < n / 2 + 1 {
                    x
                } else {
                    -2 * x
                }
            })
            .sum::<i64>();

        let ans2 = a
            .iter()
            .enumerate()
            .map(|(i, &x)| {
                if i < n / 2 {
                    2 * x
                } else if i < n / 2 + 2 {
                    -x
                } else {
                    -2 * x
                }
            })
            .sum::<i64>();
        let ans = cmp::max(ans1, ans2);
        println!("{}", ans);
    }
}

fn main() {
    std::thread::Builder::new()
        .name("run".into())
        .stack_size(256 * 1024 * 1024)
        .spawn(run)
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}

pub struct IO<R, W: std::io::Write>(R, std::io::BufWriter<W>);

impl<R: std::io::Read, W: std::io::Write> IO<R, W> {
    pub fn new(r: R, w: W) -> IO<R, W> {
        IO(r, std::io::BufWriter::new(w))
    }
    pub fn write<S: std::ops::Deref<Target = str>>(&mut self, s: S) {
        use std::io::Write;
        self.1.write(s.as_bytes()).unwrap();
    }
    pub fn read<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .0
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b' ' || b == b'\n' || b == b'\r' || b == b'\t')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b' ' && b != b'\n' && b != b'\r' && b != b'\t')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn read_vec<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read()).collect()
    }
    pub fn read_pairs<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<(T, T)> {
        (0..n).map(|_| (self.read(), self.read())).collect()
    }
    pub fn read_pairs_1_indexed(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
        (0..n)
            .map(|_| (self.read::<usize>() - 1, self.read::<usize>() - 1))
            .collect()
    }
    pub fn read_chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.read::<String>().chars().collect()
    }
    pub fn read_char_grid(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read_chars()).collect()
    }
    pub fn read_matrix<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize, m: usize) -> Vec<Vec<T>> {
        (0..n)
            .map(|_| (0..m).map(|_| self.read()).collect())
            .collect()
    }
}