#include <bits/stdc++.h>
//#define atclib
#ifdef atclib
    #include <atcoder/all>
#endif
//#define local
#ifdef local
    #include "dbg-macro/dbg.h"
#endif
//#define hacks
#ifdef hacks
    #include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
#endif
#define p std::pair
#define ll long long
#define ld long double
#define ull unsigned long long
#define vi std::vector<int>
#define pi std::pair<int, int>
#define mp std::make_pair
#define stdabs std::abs
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rep(i, n) for (unsigned long long i = 0; i < (unsigned long long)(n); ++i)
#define vec std::vector
#define oreq |=
#define npm next_permutation
#define Yes std::cout << "Yes" << std::endl
#define No std::cout << "No" << std::endl
#define YES std::cout << "YES" << std::endl
#define NO std::cout << "NO" << std::endl
const int dx4[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
const int dy4[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
const int dx8[8] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1};
const int dy8[8] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1};
template <class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b)
{
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
template <class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b)
{
    if (a > b) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
using namespace std;
std::vector<unsigned ll> genprimevec(const unsigned ll N);
ll extgcd(ll a, ll b, ll& x, ll& y);
ll nCr(ll n, ll r);
void stat();
template <typename T> T fact(T num);
unsigned long long modpow(int x__, int n__, long long mod__);
template <typename T> void debug(const T& t);
constexpr ll mod10_9p7 = 1000000000 + 7;

/**************************************************************/
int n;
vi h;
int dp[100000 + 10];
int main()
{
    stat();
    cin >> n;
    int a;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        cin >> a;
        h.push_back(a);
        dp[i] = INT_MAX;
    }
    dp[0] = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i != n; ++i) {
        chmin(dp[i], dp[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]));
        if (1 < i) { chmin(dp[i], dp[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2])); }
    }
    cout << dp[n - 1] << endl;

    return 0;
}
/**************************************************************/
ll extgcd(ll a, ll b, ll& x, ll& y)
{
    if (b == 0) {
        x = 1, y = 0;
        return a;
    }
    ll d = extgcd(b, a % b, y, x);
    y -= a / b * x;
    return d;
}


std::vector<unsigned ll> genprimevec(const unsigned ll N)
{
    std::vector<bool> is_prime(N + 1);
    for (unsigned ll i = 0; i <= N; i++) {
        is_prime[i] = true;
    }
    std::vector<unsigned ll> P;
    for (unsigned ll i = 2; i <= N; i++) {
        if (is_prime[i]) {
            for (unsigned ll j = 2 * i; j <= N; j += i) {
                is_prime[j] = false;
            }
            P.emplace_back(i);
        }
    }
    return P;
}

void stat(){
#ifdef local
    rep(i, 2){std::cout << "local enable" << std::endl;
}
#endif
#ifdef hacks
rep(i, 2) { std::cout << "boost enable" << std::endl; }
#endif
}

ll nCr(ll n, ll r)
{
    ll num = 1;
    for (ll i = 1; i <= r; i++) {
        num = num * (n - i + 1) / i;
    }
    return num;
}

template <typename T> T fact(T num)
{
    if (num == 1) { return 1; }
    return num * fact(num - 1);
}

unsigned long long modpow(int x__, int n__, long long mod__)
{
    long long ret__ = 1;
    for (long long i__ = 0; i__ < n__; ++i__) {
        ret__ = ret__ * x__ % mod__;
    }
    return ret__;
}

template <typename T> void debug(const T& t)
{
#ifdef local
    dbg(t);
#endif
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4144