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

@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class Main {
    FastScanner in;
    PrintWriter out;
    int MOD = (int)1e9+7;
    long ceil(long a, long b){return (a + b - 1) / b;}
    long gcd(long a, long b){return b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b);}
    long lcm(long a, long b){return a / gcd(a, b) * b;}
    
    void solve() {
        int n = in.nextInt();
        ArrayList<Integer> A = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) A.add(in.nextInt());
        Collections.sort(A);
        long res1 = calc(A);
        Collections.reverse(A);
        long res2 = calc(A);
        out.println(Math.max(res1, res2));
    }
    
    long calc(ArrayList<Integer> A){
        ArrayDeque<Integer> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
        for(int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++) deque.addLast(A.get(i));
    
        long sum = 0;
        ArrayDeque<Integer> res = new ArrayDeque<>();
        res.addLast(deque.removeFirst());
        int cnt = 1;
        while(!deque.isEmpty()){
            if(deque.size() == 1){
                int e = deque.removeLast();
                int d1 = Math.abs(res.getFirst() - e), d2 = Math.abs(res.getLast() - e);
                sum += Math.max(d1, d2);
            }else{
                int e1, e2;
                if(cnt % 2 == 1){
                    e1 = deque.removeLast();
                    e2 = deque.removeLast();
                }else{
                    e1 = deque.removeFirst();
                    e2 = deque.removeFirst();
                }
                int d1 = Math.abs(res.getFirst() - e1) + Math.abs(res.getLast() - e2);
                int d2 = Math.abs(res.getFirst() - e2) + Math.abs(res.getLast() - e1);
                if(d1 > d2){
                    sum += d1;
                    res.addFirst(e1);
                    res.addLast(e2);
                }else{
                    sum += d2;
                    res.addFirst(e2);
                    res.addLast(e1);
                }
            }
            cnt++;
        }
        return sum;
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().m();
    }
    
    private void m() {
        in = new FastScanner(System.in);
        out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        /*
        try {
            String path = "output.txt";
            out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(new File(path))));
        }catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        */
        solve();
        out.flush();
        in.close();
        out.close();
    }
    
    static class FastScanner {
        private Reader input;
        
        public FastScanner() {this(System.in);}
        public FastScanner(InputStream stream) {this.input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));}
        public void close() {
            try {
                this.input.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        
        public int nextInt() {return (int) nextLong();}
        
        public long nextLong() {
            try {
                int sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                long ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) return ret * sign;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return -1;
            }
        }
        
        public double nextDouble() {
            try {
                double sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                double ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) break;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
                if (b != '.') return sign * ret;
                double div = 1;
                b = input.read();
                while ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                    div *= 10;
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sign * ret / div;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return Double.NaN;
            }
        }
        
        public char nextChar() {
            try {
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return (char) b;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return 0;
            }
        }
        
        public String nextStr() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                while (b != -1 && !Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }
        
        public String nextLine() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (b != -1 && b != '\n') {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArrayDec(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArray1Index(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArrayDec(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArray1Index(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) {
            double[] res = new double[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextDouble();
            }
            return res;
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 38580