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//"Insert Problem name and code here"
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define ull unsigned long long
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define ii pair<int,int>
#define nl '\n'
#define max3(a, b, c) max(a, b) > max(b, c) ? max(a, b) : max(b, c)
#define min3(a, b, c) min(a, b) < min(b, c) ? min(a, b) : min(b, c)
#define fillar(x) for(int i=0;i<x;i++)cin>>ar[i]
#define qquery int query;cin>>query;while(query--)
#define benfero freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
int ar[100005];
ll dp[100005];


int main(){
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);
	//benfero
	int n;
	cin >>n;
	for(int i=1;i<n+1;i++){
		cin>>ar[i];
	}
	dp[1]=0;
	dp[2]=abs(ar[2]-ar[1]);
	for(int i=3;i<n+1;i++){
		dp[i]=min(dp[i-1]+abs(ar[i]-ar[i-1]),dp[i-2]+abs(ar[i]-ar[i-2]));
	}
	cout<<dp[n];
}

Measured memory_bytes: 1408