Language: C++

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
 
vector<int> A, B;
int N, ans = 0;
int main() {
	cin >> N;
	REP(i, N) {
		int temp;
		cin >> temp;
		A.push_back(temp);
	}
	sort(A.begin(), A.end(), A);
	if (N == 2) {
		cout << A[1] - A[0] << endl;
		return 0;
	}

	REP(i, (N - 2)) {
		if (i == 0) {
			B.push_back(-1);
		}
		else if (i == N - 1) {
			if (N % 2) {
				B.push_back(-1);
			}
			else {
				B.push_back(1);
			}
		}
		else {

			if (i % 2 == 0) {
				B.push_back(2);
			}
			else {
				B.push_back(-2);
			}
		}
	}
	sort(B.begin(), B.end(), B);

	REP(i, N) {
		ans += A[i] * B[i];
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
}

Compiler output:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:71,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/algorithm:60,
                 from /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/14/bits/stdc++.h:51,
                 from a.cc:1:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'constexpr bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<_Compare>::operator()(_Iterator1, _Iterator2) [with _Iterator1 = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >; _Iterator2 = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >; _Compare = std::vector<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1777:14:   required from 'void std::__insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1777 |           if (__comp(__i, __first))
      |               ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1817:25:   required from 'void std::__final_insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1817 |           std::__insertion_sort(__first, __first + int(_S_threshold), __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1908:31:   required from 'void std::__sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1908 |           std::__final_insertion_sort(__first, __last, __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:4805:18:   required from 'void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter, _Compare) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = vector<int>]'
 4805 |       std::__sort(__first, __last, __gnu_cxx::__ops::__iter_comp_iter(__comp));
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a.cc:16:6:   required from here
   16 |         sort(A.begin(), A.end(), A);
      |         ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h:158:30: error: no match for call to '(std::vector<int>) (int&, int&)'
  158 |         { return bool(_M_comp(*__it1, *__it2)); }
      |                       ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Val_comp_iter<_Compare>::operator()(_Value&, _Iterator) [with _Value = int; _Iterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >; _Compare = std::vector<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1757:20:   required from 'void std::__unguarded_linear_insert(_RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Val_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1757 |       while (__comp(__val, __next))
      |              ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1785:36:   required from 'void std::__insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1785 |             std::__unguarded_linear_insert(__i,
      |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
 1786 |                                 __gnu_cxx::__ops::__val_comp_iter(__comp));
      |                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1817:25:   required from 'void std::__final_insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1817 |           std::__insertion_sort(__first, __first + int(_S_threshold), __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1908:31:   required from 'void std::__sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1908 |           std::__final_insertion_sort(__first, __last, __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:4805:18:   required from 'void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter, _Compare) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = vector<int>]'
 4805 |       std::__sort(__first, __last, __gnu_cxx::__ops::__iter_comp_iter(__comp));
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a.cc:16:6:   required from here
   16 |         sort(A.begin(), A.end(), A);
      |         ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h:240:30: error: no match for call to '(std::vector<int>) (int&, int&)'
  240 |         { return bool(_M_comp(__val, *__it)); }
      |                       ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_val<_Compare>::operator()(_Iterator, _Value&) [with _Iterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >; _Value = int; _Compare = std::vector<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:140:48:   required from 'void std::__push_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _Distance, _Distance, _Tp, _Compare&) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Distance = long int; _Tp = int; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_val<vector<int> >]'
  140 |       while (__holeIndex > __topIndex && __comp(__first + __parent, __value))
      |                                          ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:247:23:   required from 'void std::__adjust_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _Distance, _Distance, _Tp, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Distance = long int; _Tp = int; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
  247 |       std::__push_heap(__first, __holeIndex, __topIndex,
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  248 |                        _GLIBCXX_MOVE(__value), __cmp);
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:356:22:   required from 'void std::__make_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare&) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
  356 |           std::__adjust_heap(__first, __parent, __len, _GLIBCXX_MOVE(__value),
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  357 |                              __comp);
      |                              ~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1593:23:   required from 'void std::__heap_select(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1593 |       std::__make_heap(__first, __middle, __comp);
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1868:25:   required from 'void std::__partial_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1868 |       std::__heap_select(__first, __middle, __last, __comp);
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1884:27:   required from 'void std::__introsort_loop(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Size, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Size = long int; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1884 |               std::__partial_sort(__first, __last, __last, __comp);
      |               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1905:25:   required from 'void std::__sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<vector<int> >]'
 1905 |           std::__introsort_loop(__first, __last,
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1906 |                                 std::__lg(__last - __first) * 2,
      |                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1907 |                                 __comp);
      |                                 ~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:4805:18:   required from 'void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter, _Compare) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, vector<int> >; _Compare = vector<int>]'
 4805 |       std::__sort(__first, __last, __gnu_cxx::__ops::__iter_comp_iter(__comp));
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a.cc:16:6:   required from here
   16 |         sort(A.begin(), A.end(), A);
      |         ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h:196:30: error: no match for call to '(std::vector<int>) (int&, int&)'
  196 |         { return bool(_M_comp(*__it, __val)); }
      |                       ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~