stablegradients/pie-gem5-bysrc huggingface dataset:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <iostream>

#include <algorithm>

#define ll long long



using namespace std;



int main()

{

    ll n,arr[100005],dp[100005];

    cin>>n;

    for(int i=0;i<n;i++)

        cin>>arr[i];

    dp[0]=0;

    dp[1]=abs(arr[0]-arr[1]);

    if(n>2) dp[2]=abs(arr[0]-arr[2]);

    for(int i=3;i<n;i++)

    {

        dp[i]=min(dp[i-1]+abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1]),dp[i-2]+abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2]));

    }

    cout<<dp[n-1]<<'\n';

    return 0;

}

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define Omar45 ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);

#define ll long long

#define pb push_back

#define endl '\n'

#define mod 1000000007

#define maxN 100005

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;



int arr[maxN], dp[maxN];



int main() {

	Omar45

    int n; cin >> n;

    for (int i=0; i<n; i++) cin >> arr[i];

    for (int i=0; i<=n; i++) dp[i] = mod;

    //memset(dp, mod, sizeof(dp));

    dp[0] = 0;

    for (int i=0; i<n; i++){

        if (i+1<n) dp[i+1]= min(dp[i+1], dp[i]+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1]));

        if (i+2<n) dp[i+2]= min(dp[i+2], dp[i]+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2]));

    }

    cout << dp[n-1] << endl;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define ll long long

#define ld long double

#define ull unsigned long long

#define endl "\n"

#define MohamedMotaz ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

#define f(a, b, c) for(int a = b; a < c; a++)

using namespace std;

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;







//ll fact[1000001]; ll inv[1000001];

//ll primes[100007];

//ll arr[1000007];

//ll modPower(ll b, ll p) {

//	if (p == 0)

//		return 1;

//

//	ll halfpow = modPower(b, p / 2);

//	ll toReturn = (halfpow * halfpow) % mod;

//	if (p % 2)

//		toReturn = (toReturn * b) % mod;

//

//	return toReturn;

//}

//

//ll fastPower(ll b, ll p) {

//	if (p == 0)

//		return 1;

//	ll ans = fastPower(b, p / 2);

//	ans = (ans * ans);

//	if (p % 2 != 0)

//		ans = (ans * b);

//	return ans;

//}

//ll GcdRecursive(ll a, ll b) {

//	if (b == 0) return a;

//	return GcdRecursive(b, a % b);

//}

//ll modLCM(ll a, ll b) {

//	ll val = GcdRecursive(a, b);

//	ll tmp = ((a % mod) * (b % mod)) % mod;

//	ll finalVal = ((tmp % mod) * (arr[val] % mod)) % mod;

//	return finalVal;

//

//}

//ll LCM(ll a, ll b) {

//	return (a * b) / GcdRecursive(a, b);

//}

//void move1step(ll& a, ll& b, ll q) { // a and b by reference

//	ll c = a - q * b;

//	a = b;

//	b = c;

//}

//ll GcdIterative(ll a, ll b) {

//	while (b) move1step(a, b, a / b);

//	return a;

//}

//

//void pre(ll n) {

//

//	fact[0] = 1;

//	inv[0] = 1;

//

//	for (ll i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

//		fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) % mod;

//		inv[i] = modPower(fact[i], mod - 2);

//		arr[i] = modPower(i, mod - 2);

//	}

//}

//

//ll npr(ll n, ll r) {

//	return ((fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod);

//}

//

//ll ncr(ll n, ll r) {

//	return ((((fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod) * inv[r]) % mod);

//}

//

//void sieve(ll val) {

//	memset(primes, 1, sizeof primes);

//	primes[0] = primes[1] = false;

//	for (int i = 2; i <= val; i++) {

//		if (primes[i]) {

//			for (int j = i * i; j <= val; j += i) {

//				primes[j] = 0;

//			}

//		}

//	}

//

//}





const ll N = 1e5 + 7;



ll x;

ll a[N] = {};

ll dp[N] = {};



int main()

{

    MohamedMotaz;

    

    cin >> x;



    f(i, 0, x) cin >> a[i];

    dp[0] = 0;

    dp[1] = abs(a[1] - a[0]);

    f(i, 2, x) dp[i] = min(dp[i - 1] + abs(a[i] - a[i - 1]), dp[i - 2] + abs(a[i] - a[i - 2]));

    cout << dp[x - 1];



   



}














// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int dp[200005];

int a[200005];

int main()

{

    int n;

    cin>>n;



    for(int i=1; i<=n; i++) cin>>a[i];

    dp[2]=abs(a[2]-a[1]);

    for(int i=3; i<=n; i++)

    {

        int x=dp[i-1]+abs(a[i]-a[i-1]);

        int y=dp[i-2]+abs(a[i]-a[i-2]);

        //cout<<x<<" "<<y<<endl;

        dp[i]=min(x,y);

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <iostream>



using namespace std;



#define MAX_N 100000

int height[MAX_N];

int cost[MAX_N];

int n;



int main()

{

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

    cin >> n;

    int i;

    for(i = 0; i < n; ++i){

        cin >> height[i];

    }

    cost[1] = abs(height[1] - height[0]);

    for(i = 2; i < n; ++i){

        cost[i] = cost[i - 1] + abs(height[i] - height[i - 1]);

        cost[i] = min(cost[i], cost[i - 2] + abs(height[i] - height[i - 2]));

    }

    cout << cost[n - 1] << '\n';

    return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <iostream>

#include <algorithm>



using namespace std;



int main()

{

    int N;

    scanf("%d",&N);

    int h[N+1];

    for(int i=1;i<=N;i++)

        scanf("%d",&h[i]);

    int f[N+1];

    f[1]=0;

    f[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

    for(int i=3;i<=N;i++)

        f[i]=min(f[i-1]+abs(h[i]-h[i-1]),f[i-2]+abs(h[i]-h[i-2]));

    printf("%d\n",f[N]);

    return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int n;

long long h[100100], dp[100100];

int main(){

   ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

   cin >> n;

   for (int i=2; i<=n+1; i++) cin >> h[i];

   dp[2] = 0;

   dp[3] = abs(h[3] - h[2]);

   for (int i=4; i<=n+1; i++) dp[i] = min(dp[i-1]+abs(h[i]-h[i-1]), dp[i-2]+abs(h[i]-h[i-2]));

//   for (int i=2; i<=n+1; i++) cout << dp[i] << ' ';

  // cout << endl;

   cout << dp[n+1] << endl;

   return 0;

}

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<cstdio>

#include<cmath>

#include<cstring>

#include<iostream>

#include<vector>

#include<stack>

#define maxn 100005

using namespace std;



int main(void)

{

    int n;

    cin >> n;

    int h[maxn];

    for(int i=1; i<=n; i++){

        cin >> h[i];

    }

    int dp[maxn];

    dp[0]=0;

    dp[1]=0;



    for(int i=2; i<=n; i++){

        int a,b;

        a = dp[i-1] + abs(h[i]-h[i-1]);

        if(i-2 > 0)

            b = dp[i-2] + abs(h[i]-h[i-2]);

        else b=0x7fffffff;

        dp[i] = min(a, b);

    }

    cout << dp[n];

    return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include "bits/stdc++.h"



using namespace std;



typedef pair<int, int> pii;

typedef long long ll;



#define MAX_N 100000



ll dp[MAX_N], h[MAX_N], N;



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(nullptr);



    cin >> N;



    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

        cin >> h[i];



    dp[1] = abs(h[1] - h[0]), dp[0] = 0;



    for (int i = 2; i < N; i++) {

        dp[i] = min(dp[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]), dp[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]));

    }



    cout << dp[N - 1] << "\n";



    // --------------------

    return 0;

}

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include<cstdio>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstdlib>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=100005;

int cost[maxn],dp[maxn];

int main(){

    int n;

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

        scanf("%d",&cost[i]);

    }

    dp[2]=abs(cost[2]-cost[1]);

    dp[3]=min(abs(cost[3]-cost[1]),dp[2]+abs(cost[3]-cost[2]));

    for(int i=4;i<=n;i++){

        dp[i]=min(abs(cost[i]-cost[i-2])+dp[i-2],abs(cost[i]-cost[i-1])+dp[i-1]);

    }

    printf("%d",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define ull  unsigned long long

#define vll  vector <long long>

#define pll pair <long long,long long>

#define f first

#define s second

#define up upper_bound

#define lp lower_bound

#define pq priority_queue

#define inf 1e10

#define minf -1e10

#define pi 3.14159265

#define mod 300000000000000000

#define fastio ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(NULL);

int main()

{

    ll n;

    cin>>n;

    vll vec;

    ll ara[100001];

    memset(ara,0,sizeof(ara));

    for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)

    {

        ll num;

        cin>>num;

        vec.pb(num);

    }

    ll ans=0;

    ara[n-2]=abs(vec[n-2]-vec[n-1]);

    for(ll i=n-3;i>=0;i--)

    {

        ara[i]=min(abs(vec[i]-vec[i+1])+ara[i+1],abs(vec[i]-vec[i+2])+ara[i+2]);

    }

    cout<<ara[0]<<endl;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long



int ara[100000];

int dp[100000];



int f(int i, int n)

{

    if(i == n) return 0;

    if(dp[i] != -1)

        return dp[i];

    int cost = f(i+1,n) + abs(ara[i] - ara[i+1]);

    if(i+2<=n)

        cost = min(cost, f(i+2,n)+abs(ara[i] - ara[i+2]));

    dp[i] = cost;



    return cost;

}



int main()

{

   int n;

   cin>>n;



   for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)

   {

       cin>>ara[i];

   }



   memset(dp,-1,sizeof(dp));

   cout<<f(1,n)<<endl;



   return 0;

}






// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define TR 100000



int l[TR];

using namespace std;

vector<int> h;





int solve(int p) {

	if(p == 0)

		return 0;

	if(p < 0)

		return 10000000;

	if(l[p] != -1)

		return l[p];

	l[p] = min(abs(h[p] - h[p - 1]) + solve(p - 1), abs(h[p] - h[p - 2]) + solve(p - 2));

	return l[p];



}



int main() {

	int n;

	cin >> n;

	memset(l, -1, TR * sizeof(int));

	for(int i = 0, tmp ; i < n ; i++) {

		cin >> tmp;

		h.push_back(tmp);

	}

	solve(n - 1);

	cout << l[n - 1] << endl;

}

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



using namespace std;

#define tam 100001

int dp[tam],A[tam],n,pr=0;

int solver(int index)

{

    if(dp[index] != -1)

        return dp[index];

    if(index <= 1)

        return dp[index] = abs(A[0]-A[index]);

    return dp[index] = min(solver(index-1) + abs(A[index]-A[index-1]),

    solver(index-2) + abs(A[index]-A[index-2]));

}

int main()

{

    cin>>n;

    for(int i = 0;i < n;i++)

        cin>>A[i];

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

    dp[0] = 0; 

    cout<<solver(n-1)<<"\n";

    return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define FIN         ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)

#define ii          pair<int,int>

#define F           first

#define S           second

#define pb          push_back

#define all(x)      (x).begin(),(x).end()

#define rall(x)     (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()

#define fore(i,a,b) for(int i = a;i < b; i+= 1)

#define forr(i,a)   for(int i = a; i >= 0; i--)

#define fori(i,m)   for(auto i = m.begin(); i != m.end(); i++) 

#define w(t)        while(t--)

#define sz(s)       int(s.size())

#define cls(a,car)  memset(a,car,sizeof (a))

#define db(x)       cerr << #x << " is " << x << '\n'

#define FL          freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin),freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

#define EjecuteTime cerr << "Time elapsed: " << 1.0 * clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC << " s.\n"

#define angle(x)    double(x * acos(-1) / 180.0)

using namespace std;

typedef long long   ll;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<ii>  vii;

const int N = 1 * 1e5 + 5;

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

const double E = 1e-9;

//int dx[] = {1, 0}, dy[] = {0, 1};

//int dx[] = {1, 0, -1, 0}, dy[] = {0, 1, 0, -1};

//int dx[] = {2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1, 1, 2}, dy[] = {1, 2, 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1};

//int dx[] = {1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1}, dy[] = {0 ,1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};

// fflush(stdout)

// cout << flush

// a + b = a ^ b + 2 * (a & b)

int v[N];

int dp[N];

int n, k = 2;

int f(int i){

    if(i == n - 1)return 0;

    int &ans = dp[i];

    if(ans == -1){

        ans = 1e9;

        for(int j = 1; j <= k; j++)

            if(i + j < n)

                ans = min(ans, f(i + j) + abs(v[i] - v[i + j]));

            else

                break;

    }

    return ans;

}

int main(){

    //FL;

    FIN;

    cin >> n;

    fore(i, 0, n)cin >> v[i];

    cls(dp, -1);

    cout << f(0) << '\n';

    

    EjecuteTime;

    return 0;

}       

// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem:
// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f

using namespace std;

const int maxn = 1e6+10;

int a[maxn];

int dp[maxn];

int main()

{

    int n;

    memset(dp,INF,sizeof dp);

    scanf("%d",&n);

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)

    {

        scanf("%d",a+i);

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    for(int i=1;i<=n-1;i++)

    {

        dp[i+1]=min(dp[i+1],dp[i]+abs(a[i+1]-a[i]));

        dp[i+2]=min(dp[i+2],dp[i]+abs(a[i+2]-a[i]));

    }

    printf("%d\n",dp[n]);

    return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int maxn = 2e5 + 9;

inline int read()

{

    int data = 0, f = 1;

    char ch = getchar();

    while (!isdigit(ch))

    {

        if (ch == '-')

            f = -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch))

    {

        data = (data << 3) + (data << 1) + ch - '0';

        ch = getchar();

    }

    return f * data;

}

int h[maxn], ans[maxn];

int main()

{

    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);

    //freopen("data.txt","w",stdout);

    //std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    //std::cin.tie(0);

    int n = read();

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

        h[i] = read();

    ans[2] = abs(h[2] - h[1]);

    for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++i)

        ans[i] = min(ans[i - 1] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 1]), ans[i - 2] + abs(h[i] - h[i - 2]));

    printf("%d\n", ans[n]);

    //fclose(stdin);

    //fclose(stdout);

    return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem: