#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
#include <vector>
#include <stack>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
#include <bitset>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <functional>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <cassert>
#include <map>
// #include "bits/stdc++.h"

using namespace std;



namespace	{
#define rep(i, N, M) for(int i=N, i##_len=(M); i<i##_len; ++i)
#define rep_skip(i, N, M, ...) for(int i=N, i##_len=(M); i<i##_len; i+=(skip))
#define rrep(i, N, M)  for(int i=(M)-1, i##_len=(N-1); i>i##_len; --i)
#define pb push_back


	typedef long long ll;
	typedef unsigned long long ull;
	typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
	typedef tuple<ll, ll, ll> tll;
	typedef tuple<ll, ll, ll, ll> tll4;
	typedef vector<ll> vll;
	typedef vector<vll> vvll;
	typedef vector<pll> vpll;
	typedef vector<bool> vb;
	typedef vector<vb> vvb;
	typedef vector<string> vs;
	typedef priority_queue<ll> pqll;
	typedef priority_queue<pll, vector<pll>> pqpll;
	typedef priority_queue<ll, vll, greater<ll>> pqll_greater;
	typedef priority_queue<pll, vector<pll>, greater<pll>> pqpll_greater;

#define all(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rall(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()
#define vec(a) vector<a>
#define perm(c) sort(all(c));for(bool c##perm=1;c##perm;c##perm=next_permutation(all(c)))


	template<class T, class S>
	T atbit(T n, S i) {
		return (n >> i) % i;
	}

	template<class T>
	T getbit(T i) {
		return 1LL << i;
	}
	template<class T>
	T POW(T n, T m) {
		T res = 1;
		rep(i, 0, m) {
			res *= n;
		}
		return res;
	}

	vll getDivisors(ll n) {
		vll res;
		ll i = 1;

		for (; i*i < n; i++) {
			if (n%i == 0) {
				res.push_back(i);
				res.push_back(n / i);
			}
		}
		if (i*i == n)res.push_back(i);
		sort(res.begin(), res.end());
		return res;
	}

	vll getDivisors(ll n, ll m) {
		if (n > m) swap(n, m);
		vll res;
		ll i = 1;

		for (; i*i < n; i++) {
			if (n%i == 0) {
				if (m%i == 0) res.push_back(i);
				if (m%(n/i) == 0) res.push_back(n / i);
			}
		}
		if (i*i == n) if (m%i == 0) res.push_back(i);
		sort(res.begin(), res.end());
		return res;
	}


	ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
		if (a%b == 0) return b;
		else return gcd(b, a%b);
	}

	template<
		typename Inputs,
		typename Functor,
		typename T = typename Inputs::value_type>
		void sort_by(Inputs& inputs, Functor f) {
		std::sort(std::begin(inputs), std::end(inputs),
			[&f](const T& lhs, const T& rhs) { return f(lhs) < f(rhs); });
	}

	template<int I>
	vll proj(vpll v) {
		vll res(v.size());
		rep(i, 0, v.size()) {
			if (!I) res[i] = v[i].first;
			else res[i] = v[i].second;
		}
		return res;
	}


	template<int I, class T>
	vll proj(T v) {
		vll res(v.size());
		rep(i, 0, v.size()) {
			res[i] = get<I>(v[i]);
		}
		return res;
	}

	
}



int main() {
	ll N;
	cin >> N;
	vll A(N);
	rep(i, 0, N)cin >> A[i];
	sort(all(A));
	vll B(N);
	vll C(N);

	ll n = N / 2;
	if (N % 2 == 0) {
		rep(i, 0, n) {
			B[2*i] = A[n - i - 1];
			B[2 * i + 1] = A[2* n -1 - i];
		}
		C = B;
	}
	else {
		//N=2*n+1
		//pattern 1
		B[0] = A[n];
		B[N - 1] = A[n - 1];
		rep(i, 0, n-1) {
			B[2 * i+2] = A[i];
		}
		rep(i, 0, n) {
			B[2 * i + 1] = A[n+i+1];
		}
		//pattern 2
		C[0] = A[n];
		C[N - 1] = A[n + 1];
		rep(i, 0, n - 1) {
			C[2 * i + 2] = A[n+ i + 2];
		}
		rep(i, 0, n) {
			C[2 * i + 1] = A[i];
		}

	}
	auto calc=[&](vll B) {
		ll res = 0;
		rep(i, 0, N-1) {
			res += abs(B[i + 1] - B[i]);
		}
		return res;
	};
	ll b = calc(B);
	ll c = calc(C);
	cout << max(b, c);
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 3440