#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
#define IOS std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0);
#define rep(i, init, n) for (int i = init; i < n; i++)
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define mt make_tuple
#define F first
#define S second
#define gcd __gcd
using namespace std;
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const int N = 1e5 + 10;
const ll MOD = 998244353;
vector<pair<int, int>> edge[N];
//vector<int> visited(N, 0);

ll POW(ll base, ll exponent){
    ll result = 1;
    while (exponent > 0)
    {
        if (exponent % 2 == 1)
            result = (result * base) % MOD;
        exponent = exponent >> 1;
        base = (base * base) % MOD;
    }
    return result;
}

ll Inv(ll x){
    return POW(x, MOD - 2);
}

/*void DFS(int src){
    visited[src] = 1;
    //conc[c].pb(src);
    //int mx = 0;
    for(auto i : edge[src]){
        if(!visited[i]){
            //par[i] = src;
            //depth[i] = depth[src] + 1;
            DFS(i);
            //sub[src] += sub[i];
        }
    }
    //sub[src]++;
}

void BFS(int s, vector<int> &d){
    d[s] = 0;
    set<pair<int, int>> st;
    st.insert(mp(0, s));
    while (!st.empty()){
        pair<int, int> x = *(st.begin());
        st.erase(st.begin());
        int v = x.S;
        for (auto to : edge[v]){
            int u = to.F, w = to.S;
            if (d[u] > d[v] + w){
                if(d[u] != INT_MAX) st.erase(st.find(mp(d[u], u)));
                d[u] = d[v] + w;
                st.insert(mp(d[u], u));
            }
        }
    }
}

int dijkstra(int n){
    set<pair<int, int>> setds;
    vector<int> dist;
    dist.resize(n + 1, INT_MAX);
    setds.insert(mp(0, 1));
    dist[1]=0;
    while(!setds.empty()){
        pair<int, int> pu = *(setds.begin());
        setds.erase(setds.begin());
        int u = pu.S;
        vector<pair<int, int>> &temp = edge[u];
        for(int i = 0; i < (int)temp.size(); i++){
            int v = temp[i].F;
            int w = temp[i].S;
            if(dist[u] + w < dist[v]){
                if(dist[v] != INT_MAX)
                    setds.erase(setds.find(mp(dist[v], v)));
                dist[v] = dist[u] + w;
                setds.insert(mp(dist[v], v));
            }
        }
    }
    return dist[n];
}

void DFS_Mat(int x, int y){
    vis[x][y] = 1;
    conc[c].pb(mp(x, y));
    if(x + 1 < n){
        if(s[x + 1][y] == '.' and !vis[x + 1][y]){
            DFS_Mat(x + 1, y);
        }
        else if(s[x + 1][y] == '*'){
            f++;
        }
    }
    if(x - 1 >= 0){
        if(s[x - 1][y] == '.' and !vis[x - 1][y]){
            DFS_Mat(x - 1, y);
        }
        else if(s[x - 1][y] == '*'){
            f++;
        }
    }
    if(y + 1 < m){
        if(s[x][y + 1] == '.' and !vis[x][y + 1]){
            DFS_Mat(x, y + 1);
        }
        else if(s[x][y + 1] == '*'){
            f++;
        }
    }
    if(y - 1 >= 0){
        if(s[x][y - 1] == '.' and !vis[x][y - 1]){
            DFS_Mat(x, y - 1);
        }
        else if(s[x][y - 1] == '*'){
            f++;
        }
    }
}*/

int main(){
    IOS
    int n;
    cin>>n;
    vector<int> h(n + 1), mn(n + 1, 0);
    rep(i, 1, n + 1) cin>>h[i];
    mn[n] = 0, mn[n - 1] = abs(h[n] - h[n - 1]);
    for(int i = n - 2; i > 0; i--){
        mn[i] = min(mn[i + 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i + 1]), mn[i + 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i + 2]));
    }
    cout<<mn[1];
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 3328