import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
public class Main
{  
    public static void process()throws IOException
    {
     int n=ni();
     int arr[]=iarr(n);
     if(n==1)
      pn(0);
    else if(n==2)
      pn(Math.abs(arr[1]-arr[0]));
    else
    {
      int dp[]=new int[n];
      dp[0]=0;
      dp[1]=Math.abs(arr[1]-arr[0]);
     for(int i=2;i<n;i++)
     {
      dp[i]=Math.min(dp[i-1]+Math.abs(arr[i-1]-arr[i]),dp[i-2]+Math.abs(arr[i-2]-arr[i]));
     }
     pn(dp[n-1]);
   }
    }     
    
    
    static AnotherReader sc;
    static PrintWriter out;
    public static void main(String[]args)throws IOException
    {
        out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        sc=new AnotherReader();
        boolean oj = true;

        //oj = System.getProperty("ONLINE_JUDGE") != null;
        //if(!oj) sc=new AnotherReader(100);

        long s = System.currentTimeMillis();
       
            process();
        out.flush();
        if(!oj)
            System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis()-s+"ms");
        System.out.close();  
    }

    static void pn(Object o){out.println(o);}
    static void p(Object o){out.print(o);}
    static void pni(Object o){out.println(o);System.out.flush();}
    static int ni()throws IOException{return sc.nextInt();}
    static long nl()throws IOException{return sc.nextLong();}
    static double nd()throws IOException{return sc.nextDouble();}
    static String nln()throws IOException{return sc.nextLine();}
    static String nn()throws IOException{return sc.next();}
    static long gcd(long a, long b)throws IOException{return (b==0)?a:gcd(b,a%b);}
    static int gcd(int a, int b)throws IOException{return (b==0)?a:gcd(b,a%b);}
    static int bit(long n)throws IOException{return (n==0)?0:(1+bit(n&(n-1)));}
    static int[] iarr(int N)throws IOException{int[]ARR=new int[N];for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ARR[i]=ni();}return ARR;}
    static long[] larr(int N)throws IOException{long[]ARR=new long[N];for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ARR[i]=nl();}return ARR;}
    static boolean multipleTC=false;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    static class AnotherReader{BufferedReader br; StringTokenizer st;
    AnotherReader()throws FileNotFoundException{
    br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));}
    AnotherReader(int a)throws FileNotFoundException{
    br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("input.txt"));}
    String next()throws IOException{
    while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {try{
    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());}
    catch (IOException  e){ e.printStackTrace(); }}
    return st.nextToken(); } int nextInt() throws IOException{
    return Integer.parseInt(next());}
    long nextLong() throws IOException
    {return Long.parseLong(next());}
    double nextDouble()throws IOException { return Double.parseDouble(next()); }
    String nextLine() throws IOException{ String str = ""; try{
    str = br.readLine();} catch (IOException e){
    e.printStackTrace();} return str;}}
    
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
}
    
    
    

    

Measured memory_bytes: 42800