import std.algorithm;
import std.array;
import std.ascii;
import std.bigint;
import std.complex;
import std.container;
import std.conv;
import std.functional;
import std.math;
import std.range;
import std.stdio;
import std.string;
import std.typecons;

auto readInts() {
	return array(map!(to!int)(readln().strip().split()));
}
auto readInt() {
	return readInts()[0];
}
auto readLongs() {
	return array(map!(to!long)(readln().strip().split()));
}
auto readLong() {
	return readLongs()[0];
}

void readlnTo(T...)(ref T t) {
    auto s = readln().split();
    assert(s.length == t.length);
    foreach(ref ti; t) {
        ti = s[0].to!(typeof(ti));
        s = s[1..$];
    }
}

const real eps = 1e-10;

const long p = 1_000_000_000 + 7;

void main(){
    auto n = readLong();
    auto a = readLongs();
    auto x = a[0];
    auto y = a.sum - a[0];
    auto ans = abs(x-y);
    foreach(i; iota(1, n-1)) {
        x += a[i];
        y -= a[i];
        ans = min(ans, abs(x-y));
    }
    writeln(ans);
}

