#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int n = 0;
int max = 0;
int min = 100;
scanf("%d", &n);
int i = 0;
int tmp = 0;
for (i = 0; i<n; i++){
scanf("%d", &tmp);
if (tmp > max)
max = tmp;
if (tmp < min)
min = tmp;
}
printf("%d\n", max - min);
return 0;
}