import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        int n = in.nextInt();
        int[] a = new int[n];
        for(int a_i=0; a_i < n; a_i++){
            a[a_i] = in.nextInt();
        }
        sort(a,0,n-1);
        long diff=a[n-1]-a[0];long t;
        int ptr1=0,ptr2=n-1;
        for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++)
            {
      t=a[i+1]-a[i];
            if(t<diff)
                diff=t;
            
        }
        System.out.println(diff);
        // your code goes here
    }
   static int partition(int arr[], int low, int high)
    {
        int pivot = arr[high]; 
        int i = (low-1); // index of smaller element
        for (int j=low; j<=high-1; j++)
        {
            // If current element is smaller than or
            // equal to pivot
            if (arr[j] <= pivot)
            {
                i++;
 
                // swap arr[i] and arr[j]
                int temp = arr[i];
                arr[i] = arr[j];
                arr[j] = temp;
            }
        }
 
        // swap arr[i+1] and arr[high] (or pivot)
        int temp = arr[i+1];
        arr[i+1] = arr[high];
        arr[high] = temp;
 
        return i+1;
    }
 
 
    /* The main function that implements QuickSort()
      arr[] --> Array to be sorted,
      low  --> Starting index,
      high  --> Ending index */
  static  void sort(int arr[], int low, int high)
    {
        if (low < high)
        {
            /* pi is partitioning index, arr[pi] is 
              now at right place */
            int pi = partition(arr, low, high);
 
            // Recursively sort elements before
            // partition and after partition
            sort(arr, low, pi-1);
            sort(arr, pi+1, high);
        }
    }
}