#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include<ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
using namespace chrono;
#define all(a) a.begin(), a.end()
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<string> vs;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<int, ll> pil;
typedef pair<ll, int> pli;
typedef tuple<int, int, int> tpl;
template<class T1, class T2>
istream &operator>>(istream &in, pair<T1, T2> &P){
	in >> P.first >> P.second;
	return in;
}
template<class T>
istream &operator>>(istream &in, vector<T> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) in >> x;
	return in;
}
template<class T>
istream &operator>>(istream &in, deque<T> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) in >> x;
	return in;
}
template<class T1, class T2>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const pair<T1, T2> &P){
	out << P.first << " " << P.second << "\n";
	return out;
}
template<class T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const vector<T> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) out << x << ' '; cout << "\n";
	return out;
}
template<class T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const deque<T> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) out << x << ' '; cout << "\n";
	return out;
}
template<class T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const set<T> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) out << x << ' '; cout << "\n";
	return out;
}
template<class T1, class T2>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const map<T1, T2> &arr){
	for(auto &x: arr) out << x << ' '; cout << "\n";
	return out;
}
template<class T>
using Tree = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
mt19937 rnd(time(0));
 

 
int main(){
	cin.tie(0)->sync_with_stdio(0);
	int n;
	cin >> n;
	vl a(n);
	cin >> a;
	ll s = accumulate(all(a), 0LL);
	ll res = 9e18, sum = 0;
	for(int i = 1; i < n; i ++){
		sum += a[i - 1];
		s -= a[i - 1];
		res = min(res, abs(sum - s));
	}
	cout << res;
	return 0;
}
/*
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