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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
  Vikash Kumar @ Codechef/codeforces 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/   
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
 
#define ll                    long long int
#define loop(i,a,b)           for(int i=(int)a;i<(int)b;++i)
#define rloop(i,a,b)          for(int i=(int)a;i<=(int)b;++i)
#define loopl(i,a,b)          for(ll i=(ll)a;i<(ll)b;++i)
#define loopr(i,a,b)          for(int i=(int)a;i>=(int)b;--i)
#define count_1(n)            __builtin_popcountll(n)
#define pb                    push_back
#define eb                    emplace_back
#define ab(a)                 (a<0)?(-1*a):a
#define mset(a,b,c)           loop(i,0,b) a[i]=c
#define F                     first
#define S                     second
//#define mp                    make_pair
#define clr(x)                x.clear()
#define MOD                   1000000007
#define MAX                   1e9
#define MIN                   -1e9
#define itoc(c)               ((char)(((int)'0')+c))
#define vi                    vector<int>
#define vvi                   vector<vi>
#define pll                   pair<ll,ll>
#define pii                   pair<int,int>
#define all(p)                p.begin(),p.end()
//#define max(x,y)              (x>y)?x:y
//#define min(x,y)              (x<y)?x:y
#define mid(s,e)              (s+(e-s)/2)
#define mini                  INT_MIN
const int MX=10010896;
const int lmt=3164;
const int N=10000001;
int flag[MX>>6];
#define ifc(i)                (flag[i>>6]&(1<<((i>>1)&31)))
#define isc(i)                (flag[i>>6]|=(1<<((i>>1)&31)))
#define chk(n)                (n==2||(n>2&&(n&1)&&!ifc(n)))
#define fastio ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL)
using namespace std;
ll extgcd(ll a,ll b,ll& x,ll& y){if(b==0){x=1;y=0;return a;}else{int g=extgcd(b,a%b,y,x);y-=a/b*x;return g;}}
ll modpow(ll a,ll b) {ll res=1;a%=MOD;for(;b;b>>=1){if(b&1)res=res*a%MOD;a=a*a%MOD;}return res;}
void sieve(){ int i,j,k; for(i=3;i<lmt;i+=2) if(!ifc(i)) for(j=i*i,k=i<<1;j<MX;j+=k) isc(j);}

inline void solve(){
    /*_Start_*/
	int n;cin>>n;
	int arr[n];
	int dp[n];dp[0]=0;
	for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
		cin>>arr[i];
	for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
		if(i==1)
			dp[i]=abs(arr[i-1]-arr[i]);
		else
			dp[i]=min( dp[i-1]+abs(arr[i-1]-arr[i]), dp[i-2]+abs(arr[i-2]-arr[i]) );
	}
	cout<<dp[n-1]<<endl;
    /*_End_*/
   
}

int main()
{
	cout<<fixed<<setprecision(12);
	//freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
	fastio;ll  t=1,tc=1;
	//cin>>t;
	while(t--){solve();}return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 1024