import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {

    private static class FastReader {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastReader() {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String next() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }

        String nextLine() {
            String str = "";
            try {
                str = br.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return str;
        }
    }

    public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
        FastReader in = new FastReader();
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out, true);

        int n = in.nextInt();
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            int value = in.nextInt();
            if (value > max) {
                max = value;
            }
            if (value < min) {
                min = value;
            }
        }
        out.println(max - min);
    }

}

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