using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Contest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ARC078.C();
        }
        class ARC078
        {
            public static void C()
            {
                var N = Read.Int();
                var A = Read.LongN();
                var ASum = Util.ASum(A);
                long min = (long)1e18;
                for(int i = 1; i < N; ++i)
                {
                    min = Math.Min(min, Math.Abs(ASum[N] - ASum[i] * 2));
                }
                Console.WriteLine(min);
            }
            public static void D()
            {
                var N = Read.Int();
                var Adj = Read.AdjacencyList(N, N - 1);
                var dist = Util.CalcDistance_OnTree(Adj, N, 1);
                int target = N;
                var targetDist = dist[N] / 2 + 1;
                while (dist[target] > targetDist)
                {
                    foreach(var w in Adj[target])
                    {
                        if (dist[w] < dist[w])
                        {
                            target = w;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                var reachable = new bool[N + 1];
                reachable[1] = true;
                var queue = new Queue<int>();
                queue.Enqueue(1);
                while (queue.Count > 0)
                {
                    var v = queue.Dequeue();
                    foreach(var w in Adj[v])
                    {
                        if(!reachable[w] && w != target)
                        {
                            reachable[w] = true;
                            queue.Enqueue(w);
                        }
                    }
                }
                Console.WriteLine(reachable.Count(x => x) > N / 2 + 1 ? "Fennec" : "Snuke");
            }
        }

        class Util
        {
            public static long[] ASum(long[] array)
            {
                var res = new long[array.Length + 1];
                for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; ++i)
                {
                    res[i + 1] = res[i] + array[i];
                }
                return res;
            }
            public static int[] CalcDistance_OnTree(Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> adj, int N, int start)
            {
                var dist = Enumerable.Range(0, N + 1).Select(i => -1).ToArray();
                dist[start] = 0;
                Queue<int> queue = new Queue<int>();
                queue.Enqueue(start);
                while (queue.Count > 0)
                {
                    var v = queue.Dequeue();
                    foreach (var w in adj[v])
                    {
                        if (dist[w] < 0)
                        {
                            dist[w] = dist[v] + 1;
                            queue.Enqueue(w);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return dist;
            }
        }

        static class Read
        {
            static Queue<string> queue = new Queue<string>();
            static void Enqueue() { var ss = Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); foreach (var s in ss) { queue.Enqueue(s); } }
            public static int Int() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt32(queue.Dequeue()); }
            public static long Long() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt64(queue.Dequeue()); }
            public static string Str() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return queue.Dequeue(); }
            public static int[] IntN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt32(s)).ToArray(); }
            public static long[] LongN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt64(s)).ToArray(); }
            public static string[] StrN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); }
            public static Tuple<int, int>[] TupleInt(int n) { List<Tuple<int, int>> list = new List<Tuple<int, int>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.IntN(); list.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<long, long>[] TupleLong(int n) { List<Tuple<long, long>> list = new List<Tuple<long, long>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<long, long>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<string, string>[] TupleStr(int n) { List<Tuple<string, string>> list = new List<Tuple<string, string>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.StrN(); list.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<double, double>[] TupleDouble(int n) { List<Tuple<double, double>> list = new List<Tuple<double, double>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<double, double>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static long[,] LongMatrix(int r, int c)
            {
                var mat = new long[r, c];
                for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
                {
                    var x = Read.LongN();
                    for (int j = 0; j < c; ++j)
                    {
                        mat[i, j] = x[j];
                    }
                }
                return mat;
            }
            public static Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> AdjacencyList(int N, int M, bool isDirectional = false)
            {
                Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> dict = new Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>>();
                for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i) { dict.Add(i, new HashSet<int>()); }
                for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i)
                {
                    var ab = Read.IntN(); dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1]);
                    if (!isDirectional) { dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0]); }
                }
                return dict;
            }
            public static Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> AdjacencyListWithWeight(int N, int M)
            {
                Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> dict = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>>();
                for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i)
                {
                    dict.Add(i, new Dictionary<int, long>());
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i)
                {
                    var ab = Read.IntN();
                    dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1], ab[2]);
                    dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0], ab[2]);
                }
                return dict;
            }
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 36476