#C2632. Taco Array Difference Minimization
Taco Array Difference Minimization
Taco Array Difference Minimization
You are given t test cases. For each test case, you are given an integer n and a list of n integers representing an array a. You are allowed to perform operations that effectively reduce the overall difference between the maximum and minimum elements by 2.
Your task is to compute the minimum possible value of the difference between the maximum and minimum elements after performing the allowed operations. Formally, if the original difference is given by \(\max(a) - \min(a)\), then the resulting answer for each test case is:
[ \text{answer} = \max\big(0, (\max(a) - \min(a)) - 2\big) ]
Make sure that if the computed value becomes negative, you output 0
instead.
inputFormat
The first line contains a single integer t
representing the number of test cases. Each test case consists of two lines:
- The first line contains an integer
n
, the number of elements in the array. - The second line contains
n
space-separated integers representing the elements of the arraya
.
outputFormat
For each test case, output a single line containing the minimum possible value of \(\max(a) - \min(a)\) after applying the allowed operations.
## sample3
3
1 5 9
5
1 3 3 3 7
4
10 10 10 10
6
4
0
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