Sum the difference of a row of numbers

mhagerman

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Is there a formula that sums in one cell, the difference between a series of numbers?

Example:
6 8 2 9

I did it "manually" with this: =SUM(B1-A1,C1-B1,D1-C1) but I was wondering if there was an easier way (the answer is 3).
 

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