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 (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#[allow(dead_code)]
fn main() {
    let n = i::u();
    let mut a = i::iv(n);
    a.sort();
    a.reverse();
    let mut p = vec![0; n];
    p[0] = 1;
    for i in 1..n {
        p[i] = if i % 2 == 1 { -2 } else { 2 };
    }
    p[n - 1] /= 2;
    p.sort();
    p.reverse();
    let mut ans = 0;
    for i in 0..n {
        ans += a[i] * p[i];
    }
    let mut ans2 = 0;
    p.reverse();
    for i in 0..n {
        ans2 -= a[i] * p[i];
    }
    println!("{}", max(ans, ans2));
}

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::num::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::str::*;

#[allow(dead_code)]
mod i {
    use super::*;

    pub fn read<T: FromStr>() -> T {
        stdin()
            .bytes()
            .map(|c| c.unwrap() as char)
            .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace())
            .take_while(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
            .collect::<String>()
            .parse::<T>()
            .ok()
            .unwrap()
    }

    pub fn str() -> String {
        read()
    }

    pub fn s() -> Vec<char> {
        str().chars().collect()
    }

    pub fn i() -> i64 {
        read()
    }

    pub fn u() -> usize {
        read()
    }

    pub fn f() -> f64 {
        read()
    }

    pub fn c() -> char {
        read::<String>().pop().unwrap()
    }

    pub fn iv(n: usize) -> Vec<i64> {
        (0..n).map(|_| i()).collect()
    }

    pub fn iv2(n: usize) -> Vec<(i64, i64)> {
        (0..n).map(|_| iv(2)).map(|a| (a[0], a[1])).collect()
    }

    pub fn uv(n: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
        (0..n).map(|_| u()).collect()
    }

    pub fn uv2(n: usize) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
        (0..n).map(|_| uv(2)).map(|a| (a[0], a[1])).collect()
    }

    pub fn fv(n: usize) -> Vec<f64> {
        (0..n).map(|_| f()).collect()
    }

    pub fn cmap(h: usize) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
        (0..h).map(|_| s()).collect()
    }
}