#!/usr/bin/python import sys from collections import defaultdict with open("input01.txt","r") as f: data = [int(i) for i in f.readline().split(',')] count = defaultdict(int) for i in data: count[i] += 1 pos_min = min([i for i in count.keys()]) pos_max = max([i for i in count.keys()]) results = [] for pos in range(pos_min, pos_max+1): tmp = 0 for i in count.keys(): a=abs(pos-i) tmp += a*(a+1)/2*count[i] results.append(tmp) print(min(results))