using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using SB = System.Text.StringBuilder;
//using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
//using System.Globalization;
//using System.Diagnostics;
using static System.Console;
using System.Numerics;
using static System.Math;
using pair = Pair<long, long>;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        SetOut(new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Program().solve();
        Out.Flush();
    }
    readonly Scanner cin = new Scanner();
    readonly int[] dd = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 }; //→↓←↑
    readonly int mod = 1000000007;
    readonly int dom = 998244353;
    void chmax<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable<T> { a = a.CompareTo(b) < 0 ? b : a; }
    void chmin<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable<T> { a = a.CompareTo(b) < 0 ? a : b; }

    void solve()
    {
        int N = cin.nextint;
        int K = cin.nextint - 1;
        var H = Enumerable.Range(0, N).Select(i => cin.nextint).OrderBy(i => i).ToArray();
        int min = int.MaxValue;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            if (i + K >= N)
            {
                break;
            }
            chmin(ref min, H[i + K] - H[i]);
        }
        WriteLine(min);
    }

}


class Pair<T, U> : IComparable<Pair<T, U>> where T : IComparable<T> where U : IComparable<U>
{
    public T f;
    public U s;
    public Pair(T f, U s)
    {
        this.f = f;
        this.s = s;
    }
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T, U> a)
    {
        return f.CompareTo(a.f) != 0 ? f.CompareTo(a.f) : s.CompareTo(a.s);
    }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return $"{f} {s}";
    }
}

static class Ex
{
    public static void join<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values) { WriteLine(string.Join(" ", values)); }
    public static string join<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values, string sep) { return string.Join(sep, values); }
    public static string concat<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values) { return string.Concat(values); }
    public static string reverse(this string s) { return s.Reverse().concat(); }

    public static int lower_bound<T>(this IList<T> arr, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    {
        int low = 0, high = arr.Count();
        int mid;

        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (arr[mid].CompareTo(val) < 0) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
    public static int upper_bound<T>(this IList<T> arr, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    {
        int low = 0, high = arr.Count();
        int mid;

        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (arr[mid].CompareTo(val) <= 0) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] s; int i;
    readonly char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };
    public Scanner() { s = new string[0]; i = 0; }
    public string[] scan { get { return ReadLine().Split(); } }
    public int[] scanint { get { return Array.ConvertAll(scan, int.Parse); } }
    public long[] scanlong { get { return Array.ConvertAll(scan, long.Parse); } }
    public double[] scandouble { get { return Array.ConvertAll(scan, double.Parse); } }
    public string next
    {
        get
        {
            if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
            string st = ReadLine();
            while (st == "") st = ReadLine();
            s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            i = 0;
            return next;
        }
    }
    public int nextint { get { return int.Parse(next); } }
    public long nextlong { get { return long.Parse(next); } }
    public double nextdouble { get { return double.Parse(next); } }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 18644