import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.LongStream;

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		int N = sc.nextInt();
		long[] a = new long[N];
		sc.fill(a);

		long lSum = a[0];
		long rSum = LongStream.of(a).sum() - lSum;
		long min = Math.abs(lSum - rSum);
		for (int i = 1; i < N - 2; i++) {
			lSum += a[i];
			rSum -= a[i];

			min = Math.min(min, Math.abs(lSum - rSum));
		}

		System.out.println(min);
	}

	private static long c(int n, int r) {
		return factorial(n).divide(factorial(n - r).multiply(factorial(r))).longValue();
	}

	private static BigInteger factorial(int n) {
		BigInteger result = BigInteger.ONE;
		for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
			result = result.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(i));
		}
		return result;
	}

	private static boolean isDebug = System.getProperty("sun.desktop") != null;

	private static void debug(Object... o) {
		if (isDebug) {
			System.err.println(Arrays.deepToString(o));
		}
	}

	public static class Scanner {
		private BufferedInputStream inputStream;
		private StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();

		public Scanner(InputStream in) {
			inputStream = new BufferedInputStream(in);
		}

		public int nextInt() throws IOException {
			int num = 0;
			int sign = 1;

			int read = skip();
			if (read == '-') {
				sign = -1;
				read = inputStream.read();
			}

			do {
				num = num * 10 + sign * (read - 0x30);
			} while ((read = inputStream.read()) > 0x20);

			return num;
		}

		public void fill(int[] a) throws IOException {
			for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
				a[i] = nextInt();
			}
		}

		public void fill(int[] a, int[] b) throws IOException {
			if (a.length != b.length) {
				throw new IllegalArgumentException();
			}

			for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
				a[i] = nextInt();
				b[i] = nextInt();
			}
		}

		public long nextLong() throws IOException {
			long num = 0;
			int sign = 1;

			int read = skip();
			if (read == '-') {
				sign = -1;
				read = inputStream.read();
			}

			do {
				num = num * 10 + sign * (read - 0x30);
			} while ((read = inputStream.read()) > 0x20);

			return num;
		}

		public void fill(long[] a) throws IOException {
			for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
				a[i] = nextLong();
			}
		}

		public void fill(long[] a, long[] b) throws IOException {
			if (a.length != b.length) {
				throw new IllegalArgumentException();
			}

			for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
				a[i] = nextLong();
				b[i] = nextLong();
			}
		}

		public long[] nextLong(int n) throws IOException {
			long[] array = new long[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				array[i] = nextLong();
			}

			return array;
		}

		public String next() throws IOException {
			int read = skip();
			do {
				buffer.append((char) read);
			} while ((read = inputStream.read()) > 0x20);

			String text = buffer.toString();
			buffer.delete(0, buffer.length());

			return text;
		}

		private int skip() throws IOException {
			int read;
			while ((read = inputStream.read()) <= 0x20)
				;

			return read;
		}
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 26580