Shared code

/*
  author: @ankingcodes
  created: 2021-07-17 23:21:07.103237
*/
        
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<algorithm>
#include<ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include<ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define MOD 1000000007

typedef tree<int, null_type, less<int>, rb_tree_tag,
                tree_order_statistics_node_update> PBDS;

typedef tree<pair<int, int>, null_type, less<pair<int, int>>, rb_tree_tag,
                tree_order_statistics_node_update> pairPBDS;

int main(){
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  ll n; cin >> n;
  vector<ll> a;
  int freq[100000] = {0};
  ll mx = INT_MIN;
  for (ll i=0;i<n;i++) {
    ll x; cin >> x;
    a.push_back(x);
  }
  sort(a.begin(), a.end());
  ll ele = a[n/2];
  ll ans = 0;
  for(auto x : a) {
    ans += abs(x - ele);
  }
  cout << ans << endl;
  return 0;
}