import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
    OutputWriter out = new OutputWriter(outputStream);
    Solution solver = new Solution();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class Solution {
    public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, OutputWriter out) {
      int n = in.nextInt();
      int[] h = new int[n];
      int[] dp = new int[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        dp[i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        h[i] = in.nextInt();
      }

      dp[0] = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; ++i) {
        dp[i + 1] = Math.min(dp[i + 1], dp[i] + Math.abs(h[i + 1] - h[i]));
        if (i + 2 < n) 
          dp[i + 2] = Math.min(dp[i + 2], dp[i] + Math.abs(h[i + 2] - h[i]));
      }

      
      out.println(dp[n - 1]);
    }

  }



  static class InputReader implements FastIO {

    private InputStream stream;
    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
    private static final int EOF = -1;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == EOF) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return EOF;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public int nextInt() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      int res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }

      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public long nextLong() {
      int c;
      for (c = this.read(); isSpaceChar(c); c = this.read()) {
      }

      byte sgn = 1;
      if (c == 45) {
        sgn = -1;
        c = this.read();
      }

      long res = 0;

      while (c >= 48 && c <= 57) {
        res *= 10L;
        res += c - 48;
        c = this.read();
        if (isSpaceChar(c)) {
          return res * sgn;
        }
      }
      throw new InputMismatchException();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == EOF;
    }

    public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
      long[] arr = new long[n];
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        arr[i] = nextLong();
      }
      return arr;
    }

  }

  static class OutputWriter extends PrintWriter {

    public OutputWriter(OutputStream os, boolean autoFlush) {
      super(os, autoFlush);
    }

    public OutputWriter(Writer out) {
      super(out);
    }

    public OutputWriter(Writer out, boolean autoFlush) {
      super(out, autoFlush);
    }

    public OutputWriter(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
      super(fileName);
    }

    public OutputWriter(String fileName, String csn)
        throws FileNotFoundException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
      super(fileName, csn);
    }

    public OutputWriter(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
      super(file);
    }

    public OutputWriter(File file, String csn)
        throws FileNotFoundException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
      super(file, csn);
    }

    public OutputWriter(OutputStream out) {
      super(out);
    }

    public void flush() {
      super.flush();
    }

    public void close() {
      super.close();
    }

  }

  static interface FastIO {}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 61500