Connect N Ropes With Minimum Cost

You have been given 'N' ropes of different lengths, we need to connect these ropes into one rope. The cost to connect two ropes is equal to sum of their lengths. We need to connect the ropes with minimum cost.

Input format :

The first line of input contains an integer value 'N'. It denotes the total number of ropes.

The second line of input contains 'N' single space separated integers representing length of each rope i.e. a1, a2, a3, ... an.

Output Format :

The only line of output will contain an integer, the minimum cost for connecting all the ropes.

Note:

You need not to print anything, it has been already taken care of. Just implement the given function.

Constraints :

1 <= N <= 10^5
1 <= ai <= 10^9

Time Limit : 1 sec
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