#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

/**------- ShortCuts----------*/
typedef long long             ll;
typedef unsigned long long    ull;
typedef double                db;
typedef long double           ldb;
typedef pair<int, int>        pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll>          pll;
typedef pair<int, pii>        iii;
typedef vector<int>           vi;
typedef vector<ll>            vl;
typedef vector<pii>           vii;
typedef vector<iii>           viii;
typedef vector<vi>            vvi;
typedef map<int, int>         mapii;
typedef map<int, bool>        mapib;
typedef map<int, string>      mapis;
typedef set<int>              seti;

/**------- Char Chk----------*/
bool isLow(char ch){if(ch>='a' && ch<='z') return true; return false;}
bool isUpp(char ch){if(ch>='A' && ch<='Z') return true; return false;}
bool isDig(char ch){if(ch>='0' && ch<='9') return true; return false;}

/**------- Scanf----------*/
#define sf                 scanf
#define sfi(a)             scanf("%d", &a)
#define sfc(a)             scanf("%c", &a)
#define sfl(a)             scanf("%lld", &a)
#define sfu(a)             scanf("%llu", &a)
#define sfs(a)             scanf("%s", a)
#define sfd(a)             scanf("%lf", &a)

#define sfii(a, b)         scanf("%d %d", &a, &b)
#define sfll(a, b)         scanf("%lld %lld", &a, &b)
#define sfuu(a, b)         scanf("%llu %llu", &a, &b)
#define sfdd(a, b)         scanf("%lf %lf", &a, &b)

#define sfiii(a, b, c)     scanf("%d %d %d", &a, &b, &c)
#define sflll(a, b, c)     scanf("%lld %lld %lld", &a, &b, &c)
#define sfuuu(a, b, c)     scanf("%llu %llu %llu", &a, &b, &c)
#define sfddd(a, b, c)     scanf("%lf %lf %lf", &a, &b, &c)

/**------- Printf----------*/
#define pf                 printf
#define pfig(a)            pf("%d ", a)
#define pfgap              pf(" ")
#define pfi(a)             printf("%d\n", a)
#define pfc(a)             printf("%c\n", a)
#define pfl(a)             printf("%lld\n", a)
#define pfu(a)             printf("%llu\n", a)
#define pfs(a)             printf("%s\n", a)
#define pfd(a)             printf("%.2lf\n", a)

#define pfii(a, b)         printf("%d %d\n", a, b)
#define pfll(a, b)         printf("%lld %lld\n", a, b)
#define pfuu(a, b)         printf("%llu %llu\n", a, b)
#define pfdd(a, b)         printf("%.2lf %.2lf\n", a, b)

#define pfiii(a, b, c)     printf("%d %d %d\n", a, b, c)
#define pflll(a, b, c)     printf("%lld %lld %lld\n", a, b, c)
#define pfuuu(a, b, c)     printf("%llu %llu %llu\n", a, b, c)
#define pfddd(a, b, c)     printf("%.2lf %.2lf %.2lf\n", a, b, c)
#define pnl                printf("\n")

/**--------File------------*/
#define output             freopen("output.txt","w",stdout)
#define input              freopen("input.txt","r",stdin)
#define inOut              input; output

/**--------Constant------------*/
#define mx2                101
#define mx3                1001
#define mx4                10001
#define mx5                100001
#define mx6                1000001
#define fr0(i, n)          for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
#define rf0(i, n)          for(int i=n-1; i>=0; i--)
#define fr1(i, n)          for(int i=1; i<=n; i++)
#define rf1(i, n)          for(int i=n; i>=1; i--)
#define ff                 first
#define se                 second
#define pb                 push_back
#define all(x)             x.begin(), x.end()
#define INF                0x3f3f3f3f
#define eps                1e-9
#define ABS(a)             (a)>=0 ? (a) : (-a)
#define PI                 acos(-1.0)
#define sq(x)              (x)*(x)
#define gap                " "
#define gapf               << " " <<
#define nl                 << "\n"
#define cinIg              cin.sync(); cin.get()
#define FasterIO           ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)
#define UNIQ(a)            sort(all(a));a.erase(unique(all(a)),a.end())
#define mem(x, y)          memset(x, y, sizeof(x))
#define TestCases          int cases, tc; sfi(tc); \
                           for(cases=1; cases<=tc; cases++)
#define TestCasespp        int cases, tc; cin>>tc; \
                           for(cases=1; cases<=tc; cases++)

/**--------DeBug------------*/
#define watch(x)           cout<<(#x)<<" is "<<x<<"\n"
#define chk                cout<<"Wtf"<<"\n"

int n;
int ara[mx5];
int dp[mx5];

int call(int idx){
    if(idx+1 == n) return 0;
    if(idx >= n) return INF;

    if(dp[idx] != -1)
        return dp[idx];

    if(idx+2 >= n)
        return dp[idx] = abs(ara[idx+1] - ara[idx]) + call(idx+1);
    return dp[idx] = min(abs(ara[idx+1]-ara[idx])+call(idx+1), abs(ara[idx+2]-ara[idx])+call(idx+2));
}

int main()
{
    /// inOut;
    mem(dp, -1);
    sfi(n);
    fr0(i, n) sfi(ara[i]);
    pfi(call(0));

    return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 3328