values = [] with open('data', 'r') as fp: values = fp.readline().strip().split(',') for i in range(0, len(values)): values[i] = int(values[i]) values.sort() index = int(len(values) / 2) total = 0 for i in range(0, len(values)): if(i != index): total += abs(values[i] - values[index]) print(total)