from math import prod ## Ref.: ## arrInts = [5, 9, 3, 4, 6] ## Example 1 ## arrInts = [1, -2, 3, -4] ## Example 2 ## arrInts = [-3, -1, -2, -4] ## Example 3 ## arrInts = [10, 2, 0, 5, 1] ## Example 4 arrInts = [7, 8, 9, 10, 10] ## Example 5 arrInts = sorted(arrInts) if all(nElem >= 0 for nElem in arrInts) or all(nElem <= 0 for nElem in arrInts): print (abs(prod(arrInts[-2:]) - prod(arrInts[:2]))) else: print (arrInts[-3] * arrInts[-2] - arrInts[0] * arrInts[-1])