import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		new Main().solve();
	}

	private void solve() throws IOException {
		try {
			//			solveA();
			solveB();
			//			 solveC();
			//			 solveD();
			//			 solveE();
			//			 solveF();
		} finally {
			if (in != null) {
				in.close();
			}
			if (out != null) {
				out.flush();
				out.close();
			}
		}

	}

	private void solveA() {

		int numN = nextInt();
		int numK = nextInt();
		String[] wk = next().split("");
		//		String wk = next();
		int cnt = 0;
		int now = 1;
		List<Integer> oneZeroList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		//		for (char i = 0; i < wk.length(); i++) {
		//			if (wk.charAt(i) == (char) ('0' + now)) {
		//				cnt++;
		//			} else {
		//				oneZeroList.add(cnt);
		//				cnt++;
		//				now = 1 - now;
		//			}
		//		}
		for (int i = 0; i < wk.length; i++) {
			if (wk[i].charAt(0) == '0' + now) {
				cnt++;
			} else {
				oneZeroList.add(cnt);
				cnt++;
				now = 1 - now;
			}
		}
		if (cnt != 0) {
			oneZeroList.add(cnt);
		}
		if (oneZeroList.size() % 2 == 0) {
			oneZeroList.add(oneZeroList.get(oneZeroList.size() - 1));
		}

		int countRange = 2 * numK;

		long res = 0;
		int maxSize = oneZeroList.size();
		int rightMax = maxSize - 1;
		for (int i = 0; i < maxSize; i += 2) {

			int left = i;
			int right = Math.min(i + countRange, rightMax);
			long leftNum = i != 0 ? oneZeroList.get(left - 1) : 0;
			long temp = oneZeroList.get(right) - leftNum;
			res = Math.max(res, temp);
		}

		out.println(res);

	}

	private void solveB() {
		int n = nextInt();
		int[] a = IntStream.range(0, n).map(i -> nextInt()).sorted().toArray();

		long res = 0;

		List<Integer> base = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		List<Integer> base2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		int now1 = -1;
		int now2 = 1;
		for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
			if (i % 2 == 0) {
				now1 = -1;
				now2 = 1;
			} else {
				now1 = 1;
				now2 = -1;
			}
			if (i == 0 || i == a.length - 1) {
				base.add(1 * now1);
				base2.add(1 * now2);
			} else {
				base.add(2 * now1);
				base2.add(2 * now2);
			}
		}

		long res1 = 0;
		long res2 = 0;
		Collections.sort(base);
		Collections.sort(base2);
		for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
			res1 += a[i] * base.get(i);
			res2 += a[i] * base2.get(i);
		}

		out.println(Math.max(res1, res2));
	}

	private void solveC() {
		int n = nextInt();

		out.println("");
	}

	private void solveD() {
		int n = nextInt();

		out.println("");
	}

	private void solveE() {
		int n = nextInt();

		out.println("");
	}

	private void solveF() {
		int n = nextInt();

		out.println("");
	}

	private final PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
	private final InputStream in = System.in;
	private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
	private int ptr = 0;
	private int buflen = 0;

	private boolean hasNextByte() {
		if (ptr < buflen) {
			return true;
		} else {
			ptr = 0;
			try {
				buflen = in.read(buffer);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if (buflen <= 0) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	private int readByte() {
		if (hasNextByte())
			return buffer[ptr++];
		else
			return -1;
	}

	private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
		return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
	}

	private void skipUnprintable() {
		while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr]))
			ptr++;
	}

	public boolean hasNext() {
		skipUnprintable();
		return hasNextByte();
	}

	public int nextInt() {
		return Integer.parseInt(next());
	}

	public String next() {
		if (!hasNext())
			throw new NoSuchElementException();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		int b = readByte();
		while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	public long nextLong() {
		if (!hasNext())
			throw new NoSuchElementException();
		long n = 0;
		boolean minus = false;
		int b = readByte();
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
			throw new NumberFormatException();
		}
		while (true) {
			if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
				n *= 10;
				n += b - '0';
			} else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
				return minus ? -n : n;
			} else {
				throw new NumberFormatException();
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 45472