洛谷p2880
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
const int N = 50010;
int n,q,ans,log_2[N], a[N] = {}, mmin[N][18], mmax[N][18];
using namespace std;
void init() {
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) mmin[i][0] = mmax[i][0] = a[i];
for (int j = 1; (1 << j) <= n; j++)
for (int i = 1; i + (1 << j) <= n + 1; i++){ // attention! "+1"
mmin[i][j] = min(mmin[i][j-1], mmin[i + (1 << j-1)][j-1]);
mmax[i][j] = max(mmax[i][j-1], mmax[i + (1 << j-1)][j-1]);
// attention! no "+1"
}
}
int ai(int l, int r){
int k = log_2[r-l+1];
return min(mmin[l][k], mmin[r-(1 << k)+1][k]);
}
int aa(int l, int r){
int k = log_2[r-l+1];
return max(mmax[l][k], mmax[r-(1 << k)+1][k]);
}
int main(){
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0);
cin >> n >> q;
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) cin >> a[i];
for(int i = 2; i <= n; i++) log_2[i] = log_2[i >> 1] + 1;
// attention! i starts from 2
init();
while(q--){
int l , r;
cin >> l >> r;
cout << aa(l, r) - ai(l, r) << endl;
}
return 0;
}