Problem p02725 (C++)

Buggy submission (status: Runtime Error):
#include <algorithm>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <cctype>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<pii, pii> piiii;
typedef vector<pii> vii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef queue<int> qi;
typedef queue<char> qc;
typedef queue<string> qs;
typedef vector<char> vc;
typedef vector<string> vs;
typedef map<char, int> mpci;
typedef map<int, int> mpii;
typedef map<string, int> mpsi;
typedef set<int> sei;
typedef set<char> sec;
typedef set<string> ses;
typedef stack<ll> si;
typedef stack<char> sc;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<double, double> pdd;
typedef vector<pll> vpll;
typedef vector<pdd> vdd;
typedef unsigned int uint;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vvi> vvvi;
typedef vector<vii> vvii;
/*=====================================================================*/
#define pb push_back
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define sz(a) (int)(a.size())
#define len(a) (int)(a.length())
#define all(s) (s).begin(), (s).end()
#define fi first
#define se second
#define be begin
#define en end
#define m_p make_pair
#define repd(i, n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define forn(i, p, n) for (int i = p; i <= n; i++)
#define ford(i, p, n) for (int i = n; i >= p; i--)
#define foreach(i, c)                                                          \
  for (__typeof(c.begin()) i = (c.begin()); i != (c).end(); ++i)
#define zero(a) memset(a, 0, sizeof(a))
#define number(a, num) memeset(a, num, sizeof(a))
#define INF 1e9

/*=====================================================================*/

inline void read(int &x) {
  short negative = 1;
  x = 0;
  char c = getchar();
  while (c < '0' || c > '9') {
    if (c == '-')
      negative = -1;
    c = getchar();
  }
  while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
    x = (x << 3) + (x << 1) + (c ^ 48), c = getchar();
  x *= negative;
}
inline void write(long long x) {
  static long long sta[35];
  long long top = 0;
  do {
    sta[top++] = x % 10, x /= 10;
  } while (x);
  while (top)
    putchar(sta[--top] + 48);
  puts("");
}
void finish(string s) {
  cout << s << endl;
  exit(0);
}
string int_to_string(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n) {
    int now = n % 10;
    s += now + '0';
    n /= 10;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
int string_to_int(string s) {
  int n = 0;
  rep(i, s.size()) {
    n *= 10;
    n += s[i] - '0';
  }
  return n;
}
/*======================================================================*/
ll lcm(int a, int b) { return a / __gcd(a, b) * b; }
bool prime(int n) {
  if (n == 0 || n == 1)
    return false;
  for (int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++)
    if (n % i == 0)
      return false;
  return true;
}
const ll power(int n, int k) {
  ll t = 1;
  rep(i, k) t *= n;
  return t;
}
const string turn2(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n != 0) {
    s += (char)(n % 2 + '0');
    n /= 2;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
string turn(int n, int k) {
  string s = "";
  while (n) {
    s += (char)(n % k + '0');
    n /= k;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
const string turn16(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n != 0) {
    if (n % 16 > 9)
      s += (char)('A' + n % 16 - 10);
    else
      s += (char)('0' + n % 16);
    n /= 16;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
const ll quickpower(int n, int k) {
  if (k == 1)
    return n;
  if (k % 2 == 1)
    return n * quickpower(n, k / 2) * quickpower(n, k / 2);
  else
    return quickpower(n, k / 2) * (quickpower(n, k / 2));
}
/*
void merge(int a[],int left,int mid,int right)
{
        int n1=mid-left;
        int n2=right-mid;
        for(int i=0;i<n1;i++)
        {
          l[i]=a[i+left];
    }
        for(int i=0;i<n2;i++)
        {
          r[i]=a[mid+i];
        }
        r[n2]=l[n1]=INF;
        int i=0;
        int j=0;
        for(int k=left;k<right;k++)
        {
                if(l[i]<=r[j])
                {
                        a[k]=l[i++];
                }
                else
                {
                        a[k]=r[j++];
                }
        }
}
void mergesort(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        if(left+1<right)
        {
                int mid=(left+right)/2;
                mergesort(a,left,mid);
                mergesort(a,mid,right);
                merge(a,left,mid,right);
        }
}
int binsearch(int x,int v[],int n)
{
        int low=0,high=n-1;
        int mid;
        while(low<=high)
        {
                mid=(low+high)/2;
                if(x<v[mid])
                  high=mid-1;
                else
                  if(x>v[mid])
                    low=mid+1;
                  else
                    return mid+1;
        }
        return -1;
}
int partition(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        int p=a[left];
        int i=left;
        int j=right+1;
        for(;;)
        {
                while(a[++i]<p)
                  if(i>=right)
                    break;
                while(a[j--]>p)
                  if(j<=left)
                    break;
                if(i>=j)
                  break;
                else
                  swap(a[i],a[j]);
        }
        if(j>=left)
          return j;
        swap(a[left],a[j]);
        return j;
}
void quicksort(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        int q;
        while(right>left)
        {
                q=partition(a,left,right);
            if(n-q+1==k)
            {
                cout<<a[q];
                        exit(0);
                }
                quicksort(a,left,q-1);
                quicksort(a,q+1,right);
        }
}
void dfs(int n)
{
        if(use[n])
          return;
        use[n]=true;
        cout<<n<<endl;
        for(int i=0;i<v[n].size();i++)
          dfs(v[n][i]);
}*/
/*======================================================================*/
const int dx[] = {-1, 0, 1, 0};
const int dy[] = {0, -1, 0, 1};
const int month[2][12] = {{31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31},
                          {31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}};
int a[200010];
/*======================================================================*/
int main() {
  /*
        freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
        freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
  */
  /*====================================================================*/
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  rep(i, m) { cin >> a[i]; }
  sort(a, a + m);
  ll now, maxn = 0, ans = 0;
  rep(i, m) {
    if (i) {
      now = abs(a[i] - a[i - 1]);
      ans += now;
      maxn = max(maxn, now);
    } else {
      now = abs(n - a[n - 1] + a[0]);
      ans += now;
      maxn = max(maxn, now);
    }
  }
  // cout<<ans<<" "<<maxn<<endl;
  cout << ans - maxn << endl;
  return 0;
}


Fixed submission:
#include <algorithm>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <cctype>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<pii, pii> piiii;
typedef vector<pii> vii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef queue<int> qi;
typedef queue<char> qc;
typedef queue<string> qs;
typedef vector<char> vc;
typedef vector<string> vs;
typedef map<char, int> mpci;
typedef map<int, int> mpii;
typedef map<string, int> mpsi;
typedef set<int> sei;
typedef set<char> sec;
typedef set<string> ses;
typedef stack<ll> si;
typedef stack<char> sc;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<double, double> pdd;
typedef vector<pll> vpll;
typedef vector<pdd> vdd;
typedef unsigned int uint;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vvi> vvvi;
typedef vector<vii> vvii;
/*=====================================================================*/
#define pb push_back
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define sz(a) (int)(a.size())
#define len(a) (int)(a.length())
#define all(s) (s).begin(), (s).end()
#define fi first
#define se second
#define be begin
#define en end
#define m_p make_pair
#define repd(i, n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define forn(i, p, n) for (int i = p; i <= n; i++)
#define ford(i, p, n) for (int i = n; i >= p; i--)
#define foreach(i, c)                                                          \
  for (__typeof(c.begin()) i = (c.begin()); i != (c).end(); ++i)
#define zero(a) memset(a, 0, sizeof(a))
#define number(a, num) memeset(a, num, sizeof(a))
#define INF 1e9

/*=====================================================================*/

inline void read(int &x) {
  short negative = 1;
  x = 0;
  char c = getchar();
  while (c < '0' || c > '9') {
    if (c == '-')
      negative = -1;
    c = getchar();
  }
  while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
    x = (x << 3) + (x << 1) + (c ^ 48), c = getchar();
  x *= negative;
}
inline void write(long long x) {
  static long long sta[35];
  long long top = 0;
  do {
    sta[top++] = x % 10, x /= 10;
  } while (x);
  while (top)
    putchar(sta[--top] + 48);
  puts("");
}
void finish(string s) {
  cout << s << endl;
  exit(0);
}
string int_to_string(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n) {
    int now = n % 10;
    s += now + '0';
    n /= 10;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
int string_to_int(string s) {
  int n = 0;
  rep(i, s.size()) {
    n *= 10;
    n += s[i] - '0';
  }
  return n;
}
/*======================================================================*/
ll lcm(int a, int b) { return a / __gcd(a, b) * b; }
bool prime(int n) {
  if (n == 0 || n == 1)
    return false;
  for (int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++)
    if (n % i == 0)
      return false;
  return true;
}
const ll power(int n, int k) {
  ll t = 1;
  rep(i, k) t *= n;
  return t;
}
const string turn2(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n != 0) {
    s += (char)(n % 2 + '0');
    n /= 2;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
string turn(int n, int k) {
  string s = "";
  while (n) {
    s += (char)(n % k + '0');
    n /= k;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
const string turn16(int n) {
  string s = "";
  while (n != 0) {
    if (n % 16 > 9)
      s += (char)('A' + n % 16 - 10);
    else
      s += (char)('0' + n % 16);
    n /= 16;
  }
  reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
  return s;
}
const ll quickpower(int n, int k) {
  if (k == 1)
    return n;
  if (k % 2 == 1)
    return n * quickpower(n, k / 2) * quickpower(n, k / 2);
  else
    return quickpower(n, k / 2) * (quickpower(n, k / 2));
}
/*
void merge(int a[],int left,int mid,int right)
{
        int n1=mid-left;
        int n2=right-mid;
        for(int i=0;i<n1;i++)
        {
          l[i]=a[i+left];
    }
        for(int i=0;i<n2;i++)
        {
          r[i]=a[mid+i];
        }
        r[n2]=l[n1]=INF;
        int i=0;
        int j=0;
        for(int k=left;k<right;k++)
        {
                if(l[i]<=r[j])
                {
                        a[k]=l[i++];
                }
                else
                {
                        a[k]=r[j++];
                }
        }
}
void mergesort(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        if(left+1<right)
        {
                int mid=(left+right)/2;
                mergesort(a,left,mid);
                mergesort(a,mid,right);
                merge(a,left,mid,right);
        }
}
int binsearch(int x,int v[],int n)
{
        int low=0,high=n-1;
        int mid;
        while(low<=high)
        {
                mid=(low+high)/2;
                if(x<v[mid])
                  high=mid-1;
                else
                  if(x>v[mid])
                    low=mid+1;
                  else
                    return mid+1;
        }
        return -1;
}
int partition(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        int p=a[left];
        int i=left;
        int j=right+1;
        for(;;)
        {
                while(a[++i]<p)
                  if(i>=right)
                    break;
                while(a[j--]>p)
                  if(j<=left)
                    break;
                if(i>=j)
                  break;
                else
                  swap(a[i],a[j]);
        }
        if(j>=left)
          return j;
        swap(a[left],a[j]);
        return j;
}
void quicksort(int a[],int left,int right)
{
        int q;
        while(right>left)
        {
                q=partition(a,left,right);
            if(n-q+1==k)
            {
                cout<<a[q];
                        exit(0);
                }
                quicksort(a,left,q-1);
                quicksort(a,q+1,right);
        }
}
void dfs(int n)
{
        if(use[n])
          return;
        use[n]=true;
        cout<<n<<endl;
        for(int i=0;i<v[n].size();i++)
          dfs(v[n][i]);
}*/
/*======================================================================*/
const int dx[] = {-1, 0, 1, 0};
const int dy[] = {0, -1, 0, 1};
const int month[2][12] = {{31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31},
                          {31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}};
int a[200010];
/*======================================================================*/
int main() {
  /*
        freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
        freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
  */
  /*====================================================================*/
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  rep(i, m) { cin >> a[i]; }
  sort(a, a + m);
  ll now, maxn = 0, ans = 0;
  rep(i, m) {
    if (i) {
      now = abs(a[i] - a[i - 1]);
      ans += now;
      maxn = max(maxn, now);
    } else {
      now = abs(n - a[m - 1] + a[0]);
      ans += now;
      maxn = max(maxn, now);
    }
  }
  // cout<<ans<<" "<<maxn<<endl;
  cout << ans - maxn << endl;
  return 0;
}