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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/trie_policy.hpp>

#define MAXN 200005
#define mod 1000000007 
#define inf LLONG_MAX/3
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
/*
 *  author  :  vivekcrux
 */
typedef long long ll; 
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;


ll power(ll x,ll y,ll m=mod)
{
  ll ans = 1;
  while(y>0)
  {
    if(y&1)
    {
      ans = (ans*x)%m;
    }
    x = (x*x)%m;  
    y /= 2;
  }
  return ans%m;
}

ll modInverse(ll a, ll m=mod) 
{ 
    ll m0 = m; 
    ll y = 0, x = 1; 
  
    if (m == 1) 
      return 0; 
  
    while (a > 1) 
    { 
        // q is quotient 
        ll q = a / m; 
        ll t = m; 
  
        // m is remainder now, process same as 
        // Euclid's algo 
        m = a % m, a = t; 
        t = y; 
  
        // Update y and x 
        y = x - q * y; 
        x = t; 
    } 
  
    // Make x positive 
    if (x < 0) 
       x += m0; 
  
    return x; 
}

int main()
{
  /*#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE 
  freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin); 
  freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout); 
  #endif*/

  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);

  ll T=1;
  // cin>>T;  
  while(T--)
  {
    ll n,k,i,j,ans=0;
    cin>>n;
    ll a[n];
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
      cin>>a[i];
    }
    ll dp[n];
    dp[0] = 0;
    dp[1] = abs(a[1]-a[0]);
    for(i=2;i<n;i++)
    {
      dp[i] = min(dp[i-1]+abs(a[i]-a[i-1]),dp[i-2]+abs(a[i]-a[i-2]));
    }
    cout<<dp[n-1]<<"\n";
  }
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 1792