import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.math.*;
public class Main {
	
    InputStream is;
    PrintWriter out; 
	static int fun(int pos,int a[],int dp[],int n)
	{
		if(pos+1>=n||pos+2>=n)
			return Math.abs(a[pos]-a[n-1]);
			 
		if(dp[pos]!=-1)
			return dp[pos];
		return dp[pos]=Math.min(Math.abs(a[pos]-a[pos+1])+fun(pos+1,a,dp,n),Math.abs(a[pos]-a[pos+2])+fun(pos+2,a,dp,n));
			
	}
    void solve()
    {
		
		int n=ni();
		int a[]=na(n);
		int dp[]=new int[n];
		
		Arrays.fill(dp,-1);
		//dp[0]=0;
		//dp[1]=Math.abs(a[1]-a[0]);
		out.println(fun(0,a,dp,n));
		
	}
	
	
	
	
	
	
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	
	
 
 
 
	
	
	  
	  
	  
	
    //---------- I/O Template ----------
    
    public static void main(String[] args) { new Main().run(); }
    void run() { 
        is = System.in; 
        out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        solve();
        out.flush();
    }
    
    byte input[] = new byte[1024];
    int len = 0, ptr = 0;
    
    int readByte() { 
        if(ptr >= len) { ptr = 0; 
            try { len = is.read(input); } 
            catch(IOException e) { throw new InputMismatchException(); } 
            if(len <= 0) { return -1; } 
        } return input[ptr++];
    }
    boolean isSpaceChar(int c) { return !( c >= 33 && c <= 126 ); }
    int skip() { 
        int b = readByte(); 
        while(b != -1 && isSpaceChar(b)) { b = readByte(); } 
        return b;
    }
    
    char nc() { return (char)skip(); }
    String ns() { 
        int b = skip(); 
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 
        while(!isSpaceChar(b)) { sb.appendCodePoint(b); b = readByte(); } 
        return sb.toString();
    }
    String nLine() { 
        int b = skip(); 
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 
        while( !(isSpaceChar(b) && b != ' ') ) { sb.appendCodePoint(b); b = readByte(); } 
        return sb.toString();
    }
    int ni() { 
        int n = 0, b = readByte(); 
        boolean minus = false; 
        while(b != -1 && !( (b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-')) { b = readByte(); } 
        if(b == '-') { minus = true; b = readByte(); } 
        if(b == -1) { return -1; }  //no input 
        while(b >= '0' && b <= '9') { n = n * 10 + (b - '0'); b = readByte(); } 
        return minus ? -n : n;
    }
    long nl() { 
        long n = 0L;    int b = readByte(); 
        boolean minus = false; 
        while(b != -1 && !( (b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-')) { b = readByte(); } 
        if(b == '-') { minus = true; b = readByte(); } 
        while(b >= '0' && b <= '9') { n = n * 10 + (b - '0'); b = readByte(); } 
        return minus ? -n : n;
    }
 
    double nd() { return Double.parseDouble(ns()); }
    float nf() { return Float.parseFloat(ns()); }
    int[] na(int n) { 
        int a[] = new int[n]; 
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) { a[i] = ni(); } 
        return a;
    }
    char[] ns(int n) { 
        char c[] = new char[n]; 
        int i, b = skip(); 
        for(i = 0; i < n; i++) { 
            if(isSpaceChar(b)) { break; } 
            c[i] = (char)b; b = readByte(); 
        } return i == n ? c : Arrays.copyOf(c,i);
    }
	
}

Measured memory_bytes: 38612