import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Set;

public class Solution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
		InputReader sc=new InputReader(System.in);
		int N=sc.readInt();
		long[] arr=new long[N];
		for(int n=0;n<N;n++){
			long x=sc.readLong();
			arr[n]=x;
		}
		Arrays.sort(arr);
		long min=Long.MAX_VALUE;
		for(int i=0;i<N-1;i++){
			long abs=Math.abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1]);
			if(abs<min){
				min=abs;
			}
		}
		System.out.println(min);
	}
    
    static class InputReader {

		private InputStream stream;
		private byte[] buf = new byte[5000];
		private int curChar;
		private int numChars;
		private SpaceCharFilter filter;

		public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
			this.stream = stream;
		}

		public int read() {
			if (numChars == -1)
				throw new InputMismatchException();
			if (curChar >= numChars) {
				curChar = 0;
				try {
					numChars = stream.read(buf);
				} catch (IOException e) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				if (numChars <= 0)
					return -1;
			}
			return buf[curChar++];
		}

		public int readInt() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			int sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			int res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}
		
		public long readLong(){
			long c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			long sgn = 1;
			if (c == '-') {
				sgn = -1;
				c = read();
			}
			long res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res *= 10;
				res += c - '0';
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res * sgn;
		}

		public String readString() {
			int c = read();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = read();
			StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
			do {
				res.appendCodePoint(c);
				c = read();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return res.toString();
		}

		public boolean isSpaceChar(long c) {
			if (filter != null)
				return filter.isSpaceChar(c);
			return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
		}

		public String next() {
			return readString();
		}

		public interface SpaceCharFilter {
			public boolean isSpaceChar(long ch);
		}
	}
}