#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAX 100
int man[MAX];
int main(void) {
int n = 0;
scanf("%d", &n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
scanf("%d", &man[i]);
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
if (j == n) {
continue;
}
if (man[i] > man[j]) {
int temp = man[i];
man[i] = man[j];
man[j] = temp;
}
}
}
printf("%d\n", man[n - 1] - man[0]);
return 0;
}