// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<iostream>

#include<algorithm>

#include<math.h>

#include<string>

#include<tuple>

#include<vector>

#include<cstdlib>

#include<cstdint>

#include<stdio.h>

#include<cmath>

#include<limits>

#include<iomanip> 

#include<ctime>

#include<climits>

#include<random>

#include<queue>

#include<map>





using namespace std;



template <class T> using V = vector<T>;



template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {

    if (a > b) {

        a = b;

        return true;

    }

    return false;

}

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {

    if (a < b) {

        a = b;

        return true;

    }

    return false;

}



const long long INF = 1LL << 60;

const double pi=acos(-1);



using ll = long long;

using db = long double;

using st = string;

using ch = char;

using vll = V<ll>;

using vpll =V<pair<ll,ll>>;

using vst = V<st>;

using vdb = V<db>;

using vch = V<ch>;

using graph = V<V<int>>;

using pq = priority_queue<ll>;







#define FOR(i,a,b) for(ll i=(a);i<(b);i++)

#define bgn begin()

#define en end()

#define SORT(a) sort((a).bgn,(a).en)

#define REV(a) reverse((a).bgn,(a).en)

#define fi first

#define se second

#define sz size()

#define gcd(a,b) __gcd(a,b)

#define pb(a) push_back(a);

#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()









ll Sum(ll n) {

ll m=0;

  while(n){

    m+=n%10;

    n/=10;

  }

  return m;

}







const int MAX = 510000;

// change

const int MOD = 1000000007;

 

long long fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];

 

void Comuse() {

    fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;

    finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;

    inv[1] = 1;

    for (int i = 2; i < MAX; i++){

        fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;

        inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;

        finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;

    }

}





#define comuse Comuse()



ll combi(int n, int k){

    if (n < k) return 0;

    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;

    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;

}



ll perm(int n,int k){

    if(n < k) return 0;

    if(n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;

    return fac[n] * (finv[k] % MOD) % MOD;

}



ll modpow(ll a,ll n,ll mod){

  ll ans=1;

  while(n>0){

    if(n&1){

      ans=ans*a%mod;

    }



    a=a*a%mod;

    

    n>>=1;

  }



  return ans;

}



ll modinv(ll a, ll mod) {

    return modpow(a, mod - 2, mod);

}



ll modcombi(int n,int k,int mod){

  ll ans=1;

  for(ll i=n;i>n-k;i--){

    ans*=i;

    ans%=mod;

  }

  for(ll i=1;i<=k;i++){

    ans*=modinv(i,mod);

    ans%=mod;

  }



  return ans;

}



ll lcm(ll a,ll b){

  ll n;

  n=a/gcd(a,b)*b;

  return n;

}





vll div(ll n){

  vll ret;

  for(ll i=1;i*i<=n;i++){

    if(n%i==0){

      ret.push_back(i);

      if(i*i!=n){

        ret.push_back(n/i);

      }

    }

  }

  SORT(ret);

  return (ret);

}



vector<bool> isprime(MAX+100,true);



void primeuse(){

  isprime[0]=false;

  isprime[1]=false;

  for(int i=2;i<MAX+50;i++){

    int up=sqrt(i)+1;

    for(int j=2;j<up;j++){

      if(i%j==0){

        isprime[i]=false;

      }

    }

  }

}



void bf(ll n,string s){

  for(ll i=0;i<n;i++){

    cout<<s;

  }

  cout<<"\n";



}



int main(void){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    int goal=0;

    int start=10000;





    int i;

    for(i=0;i<n;i++){

        int now;

        scanf("%d",&now);



        if(now<start){

            start=now;

        }

        if(goal<now){

            goal=now;

        }

    }



    printf("%d\n",goal-start);



    return 0;

}

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <string.h>



int gcd(int a,int b){

    if(a<b){

        int now=a;

        a=b;

        b=a;

    }



    int r=a%b;

    while(r!=0){

        a=b;

        b=r;

        r=a%b;

    }



    return b;

}









int main(void){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    int goal=0;

    int start=10000;







    int i;

    for(i=0;i<n;i++){

        int now;

        scanf("%d",&now);



        if(now<start){

            start=now;

        }

        if(goal<now){

            goal=now;

        }

    }



    printf("%d\n",goal-start);



    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem: