stablegradients/pie-gem5-pairs huggingface dataset:
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

const int N = 1e5+1;



vector<int> v(N, 0);

vector<int> memo(N, -1);



int cost(int pos, int n){

    if (memo[pos]!=-1) return memo[pos];

    else if (pos == n) return 0;

    else if (pos == n-1) return (abs(v[n-1] - v[n]));

    else {

        memo[pos] = min(abs(v[pos] - v[pos + 1]) + cost(pos+1, n), abs(v[pos]-v[pos + 2]) + cost(pos+2, n));

        return memo[pos];

    }

}



int main(){

    int n; cin >> n;

    

    for (int i = 1; i!=n+1; i++) cin >> v[i];

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



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3064468646255198x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define eps 1e-3

#define pi acos(-1.0)

#define inf 0x3f

#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f

#define pb push_back

#define debug1 cout<<"&&";

#define debug2 cout<<"**";

#define ms(a, x) memset(a, x, sizeof(a))

#define for0(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i)

#define for1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

using namespace std;

typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

typedef pair<long long, int> pli;

typedef pair<long long, long long> pll;

const int mod = 1e9 + 7;

const int N = 1e5+10;

const int M = 1e6+10;

inline int gcd(int a, int b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }

inline ll Pow(ll a, ll b) { ll ans = 1; for( ; b; b >>= 1) { if(b&1) ans = ans * a % mod; a = a * a % mod;} return ans;}

inline ll Mul ( ll a, ll b)  { ll lf = a * ( b >> 25ll ) % mod * ( 1LL << 25 ) % mod; ll rg = a * ( b & ( ( 1ll << 25 ) - 1 ) ) % mod; return ( lf + rg ) % mod;}

//==================================================================================================================================================================//



int n, h[N], dp[N];



int main() {

   scanf("%d", &n);

   ms(dp, inf); dp[n] = 0;

   for1(i, n) scanf("%d", h+i);

   for(int i = n; i; --i) {

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

      else {

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

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

      }

   }

   printf("%d\n", dp[1]);

   return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define    sz    100110

#define    ll    long long int

ll n,c=0,p,q;

ll num[sz];

ll vis[sz];

ll dp[sz];



ll tani(int pos)

{



  if(pos>=n)return 0;

  if(vis[pos]==1)return dp[pos];

  vis[pos]=1;



  return  dp[pos]=min(abs(num[pos]-num[pos+1])+tani(pos+1),abs(num[pos]-num[pos+2])+tani(pos+2));



}



int main()

{

    ll t,i;



    for(i=1;i<sz;i++)num[i]=1000000;



    cin>>n;

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

    {

        cin>>num[i];

    }

    t=tani(1);

    cout<<t<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2866068343419825x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



using namespace std;



#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)

#define DB( x ) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl;

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

#define endl '\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<ll, ll> pii;

typedef pair<int, pii> tri;

typedef vector <vector <ll>> matrix;

typedef pair<string, string> pss;



const ll mod = (ll)1e9 + 7;

const int MAX = (int)1e6 + 100;



const ll oo = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;



ll dp[MAX], a[MAX];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);



    memset(dp, oo, sizeof(dp));



    int n; cin >> n;



    dp[1] = 0;



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

        cin >> a[i];

    }



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

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

        if(i - 2 >= 1){

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

        }

    }



    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 6.720201947764961x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <queue>

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



const int N=1e5+5;





int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

    cout.tie(NULL);

   int n,k=2;

   cin>>n;

   int arr[N]={},dp[N]={};

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

    cin>>arr[i];

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

   dp[0]=0;

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

   {



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

     {

         if(i-j>=0)

         {

             if(dp[i]==-1)

             {

                 dp[i]=dp[i-j]+abs(arr[i]-arr[i-j]);

             }

             else

             {

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





             }





         }



     }









   }

   cout<<dp[n-1];



   return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3300123490477167x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
/*

				" اللهم صلي و سلم علي سيدنا محمد و علي اله وصحبه اجمعين "

*/





#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#define f for

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define endl "\n"

using namespace std;

#define BI  acos(-1)

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

void Open()

{

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

	freopen("Input.txt", "r", stdin);

	freopen("Output.txt", "w", stdout);

#endif

}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b)

{

	return b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b);

}

void madesetprobblem()

{

	//$ $

	//less than or equal => $ 1 \leq 100 $

	//  $(1 \le A,B \le 10^5 )$

	// a[i] => $a_i$

	// a[i][j] => $a_{i,j}$

	// double qoutes ''yext''

	/*

		image

		\begine{center}

		\includegraphics{image.jpg}

		\end{center}

	*/

	/*

		list

		\begin{itemize}

			\item first one

			\item second one

		\end{itemize}

	*/

}

int n;

vector<int>a(1e5 + 2),dp(1e5+2,-1);

int ans(int c = 0)

{

	if (c == n-1)

		return 0;

	int ans1 = INT_MAX, ans2 = INT_MAX;

	if (dp[c] != -1)

		ans1 = dp[c];

	else

	{

		if (c + 1 < n)

			ans1 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 1]) + ans(c + 1));

		if (c + 2 < n)

			ans2 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 2]) + ans(c + 2));

		dp[c] = min(ans1, ans2);

	}

	//cout <<c<<" "<< ans1 << " " << ans2 << endl;

	return min(ans1,ans2);

}

int main()

{

	// توكلت علي الله 

//Open();

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	cin >> n;

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

	{

		cin >> a[i];

	}

	cout << ans();

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3082522484028531x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#define __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <unordered_set>

#include <unordered_map>



using namespace std;



typedef long long ll;

typedef long long ull;

typedef pair<ll, ll> ii;



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

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

#define endl		"\n"

#define fx(n)		fixed<<setprecision(n)

#define mk			make_pair	



void File()

{

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

	freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

	freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);

#endif

#ifdef ONLINE_JUDGE

	/*freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

	freopen("pyramid.in", "r", stdin);*/

#endif

}

void fast()

{

	ios::sync_with_stdio(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	//File();

}

const double pi = 2 * acos(0.0);

const ll oo = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;

const int nn = 1e5 + 15;

int dx[8] = { 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1 };

int dy[8] = { 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1 };



int n;

ll arr[nn];

ll dp[nn];

int main()

{

	fast();

	cin >> n;

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	memset(dp, oo, sizeof dp);

	dp[0] = 0;

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

	{

		if (i == 1)

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

		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;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2992221552225935x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include "bits/stdc++.h"

    

using namespace std;

vector<long long >dp(100001,-1);

vector<long long>num;

long long  erg(int n){

	if(dp[n]!=-1){

		return dp[n];

	}

	if(n<0){

		return 2000000000000;

	}

	if(n==0){

		return 0;

	}

	long long cmp1=max(num[n],num[n-1])-min(num[n],num[n-1]),cmp2=max(num[n],num[n-2])-min(num[n],num[n-2]);

	dp[n]= min(erg(n-1)+cmp1,erg(n-2)+cmp2);

	return dp[n];

}

int main() {

	int menge,numm;

	cin>>menge;

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

		cin>>numm;

		num.push_back(numm);

	}

cout<<erg(menge-1);

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2940427130210732x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;



ll n;

std::vector<ll> ara(100010);

ll dp[100010];



ll fnc(ll i){

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

  if(i == n)return 1<<30;

  if(dp[i] != -1)return dp[i];

  ll res1 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+1]) + fnc(i+1);

  ll res2 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+2]) + fnc(i+2);

  dp[i] = min(res1,res2);

  return min(res1,res2);

}



int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {

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

  cin >> n;

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

    cin >> ara[i];

  }

  cout << fnc(0) << endl;



  return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8665254705607999x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG

#define debug(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)

	template <typename Arg1>

	void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){

		cerr << name << " : " << arg1 << std::endl;

	}

	template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>

	void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){

		const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ','); cerr.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);

	}

#else

#define debug(...)

#endif

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

#define RFOR(i,a,b) 	for(int i=a;i>=b;--i)

#define ln 		"\n"

#define mp make_pair

#define pb push_back

#define sz(a)	ll(a.size())

#define F first

#define S second

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

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

#define trace(c,x) for(auto &x:c)

#define pii pair<ll,ll>

#define init(a, x) memset(a,x,sizeof(a))

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef	priority_queue<pii,std::vector<pii>,greater<pii> > revpr;



typedef tree<int,null_type,less<int>,rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> pbds;

// ordered_set X

//K-th smallest

//*X.find_by_order(k-1)

//NO OF ELEMENTS < A

//X.order_of_key(A)

const int L=1e6+7;

ll n, h[L], dp[L];

ll solve(int i)

{

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

	if(i>=n)return INT_MAX;

	if(dp[i] != -1)return dp[i];

	ll &ret = dp[i];

	ret = INT_MAX;

	ret = solve(i+1) + abs(h[i]-h[i+1]);

	ret = min(ret,solve(i+2) + abs(h[i]-h[i+2]));

	return ret;

}

void fff()

{

	cin >> n;

	init(dp, -1);

	FOR(i,0,n)cin >> h[i];

	cout<<solve(0)<<ln;

}

int main()

{

	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	//int t;cin >> t;while(t--)

	fff();

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 6.718283552775502x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

const int N = 1e5+1;



vector<int> v(N, 0);

vector<int> memo(N, -1);



int cost(int pos, int n){

    if (memo[pos]!=-1) return memo[pos];

    else if (pos == n) return 0;

    else if (pos == n-1) return (abs(v[n-1] - v[n]));

    else {

        memo[pos] = min(abs(v[pos] - v[pos + 1]) + cost(pos+1, n), abs(v[pos]-v[pos + 2]) + cost(pos+2, n));

        return memo[pos];

    }

}



int main(){

    int n; cin >> n;

    

    for (int i = 1; i!=n+1; i++) cin >> v[i];

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



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2949491840398712x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define clr(arr,val) memset(arr,val ,sizeof arr)

//#define first f

//#define second s



typedef  long long ull;

typedef long long ll;

int const oo=(int)1e9 ;



int const SZ= (int)1e5+1;

//const ll mod=(ll)1e9+7;

int arr[SZ];

int dp[SZ];

int n;

//int mn=oo;

int solve(int i){

    

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(i>=n)

        return oo;

    

    int &ret=dp[i];

    

    if(ret!=-1)

        return ret;

        

    int ch1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+solve(i+1);

    int ch2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+solve(i+2);

    ret=min(ch1,ch2);

    return ret;

    

}

int main() {

//    int t ;

//    cin>>t;

//    while(t--){

        cin>>n;

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

            cin>>arr[i];

        clr(dp,-1);

        cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

//    }

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define    sz    100110

#define    ll    long long int

ll n,c=0,p,q;

ll num[sz];

ll vis[sz];

ll dp[sz];



ll tani(int pos)

{



  if(pos>=n)return 0;

  if(vis[pos]==1)return dp[pos];

  vis[pos]=1;



  return  dp[pos]=min(abs(num[pos]-num[pos+1])+tani(pos+1),abs(num[pos]-num[pos+2])+tani(pos+2));



}



int main()

{

    ll t,i;



    for(i=1;i<sz;i++)num[i]=1000000;



    cin>>n;

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

    {

        cin>>num[i];

    }

    t=tani(1);

    cout<<t<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.779452656014724x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define cn count

#define pb push_back

#define in insert

#define fs first

#define sc second

#define sz size

#define len length

#define forn(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

#define forni(i, n) for (ll i = 1; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

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



using namespace std;

using ll = long long;

const ll inf = 1e9+7; 

const double PI =  3.141592653589793;



int main(){

	IO;

	ll n;

	cin>>n;

	ll dp[n],h[n];

	dp[0]=0;

	forn(i,n){

		cin>>h[i];

	}

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}





// _   .-')                .-. .-')                 .-')                                               

//( '.( OO )_              \  ( OO )               ( OO ).                                             

// ,--.   ,--.).-'),-----. ,--. ,--.  .-'),-----. (_)---\_) ,--. ,--.     .-----.  ,-.-')  .-'),-----. 

// |   `.'   |( OO'  .-.  '|  .'   / ( OO'  .-.  '/    _ |  |  | |  |    '  .--./  |  |OO)( OO'  .-.  '

// |         |/   |  | |  ||      /, /   |  | |  |\  :` `.  |  | | .-')  |  |('-.  |  |  \/   |  | |  |

// |  |'.'|  |\_) |  |\|  ||     ' _)\_) |  |\|  | '..`''.) |  |_|( OO )/_) |OO  ) |  |(_/\_) |  |\|  |

// |  |   |  |  \ |  | |  ||  .   \    \ |  | |  |.-._)   \ |  | | `-' /||  |`-'| ,|  |_.'  \ |  | |  |

// |  |   |  |   `'  '-'  '|  |\   \    `'  '-'  '\       /('  '-'(_.-'(_'  '--'\(_|  |      `'  '-'  '

// """    """     """""""" """  """"      """""""  """""""  """"""""      """"""   """         """""""
// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define fr(i,n) _back

#define pb	push_back

#define eb	emplace_back

#define mk	make_pair

#define fi	first

#define se	second

#define endl	'\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef pair<int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const double PI = acos(-1.0);

const int N = 1e5 + 3;

int h[N];

int dp[N];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    memset(dp, INF, sizeof dp);

    int n; cin >> n;

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



    dp[0] = 0;

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

        for(int j = max(0,i-2); j < i; j++)

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



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

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3990602475295637x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define cn count

#define pb push_back

#define in insert

#define fs first

#define sc second

#define sz size

#define len length

#define forn(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

#define forni(i, n) for (ll i = 1; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

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



using namespace std;

using ll = long long;

const ll inf = 1e9+7; 

const double PI =  3.141592653589793;



int main(){

	IO;

	ll n;

	cin>>n;

	ll dp[n],h[n];

	dp[0]=0;

	forn(i,n){

		cin>>h[i];

	}

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}





// _   .-')                .-. .-')                 .-')                                               

//( '.( OO )_              \  ( OO )               ( OO ).                                             

// ,--.   ,--.).-'),-----. ,--. ,--.  .-'),-----. (_)---\_) ,--. ,--.     .-----.  ,-.-')  .-'),-----. 

// |   `.'   |( OO'  .-.  '|  .'   / ( OO'  .-.  '/    _ |  |  | |  |    '  .--./  |  |OO)( OO'  .-.  '

// |         |/   |  | |  ||      /, /   |  | |  |\  :` `.  |  | | .-')  |  |('-.  |  |  \/   |  | |  |

// |  |'.'|  |\_) |  |\|  ||     ' _)\_) |  |\|  | '..`''.) |  |_|( OO )/_) |OO  ) |  |(_/\_) |  |\|  |

// |  |   |  |  \ |  | |  ||  .   \    \ |  | |  |.-._)   \ |  | | `-' /||  |`-'| ,|  |_.'  \ |  | |  |

// |  |   |  |   `'  '-'  '|  |\   \    `'  '-'  '\       /('  '-'(_.-'(_'  '--'\(_|  |      `'  '-'  '

// """    """     """""""" """  """"      """""""  """""""  """"""""      """"""   """         """""""