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

using namespace std;

const int mx = 100005;

int dp[mx];

int A[mx];

void memo(int i,int n)

{

	if(i>n) return;

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

	memo(i+1,n);

}

int main()

{

     int n;cin>>n;

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

     	cin>>A[i];

     memset(dp,0,sizeof(dp));

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

     memo(3,n);

     cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

     return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4026516258907835x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



#define INF 1e18;

#define MAX_N 100005

long long N, h[MAX_N], memo[MAX_N];



long long dp(int pos) {

  if (pos < 1) {

  	return INF;

  }

  if (pos == 1) {

  	return 0;

  }

  if (pos == 2) {

  	return abs(h[2] - h[1]);

  }

  if (memo[pos] != -1) {

  	return memo[pos];

  }

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

}



int main() {

  cin >> N;

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

  	cin >> h[i];

  }

  /*

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

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

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

  }

  */

  /*

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

  	cout << i << ' ' << memo[i] << '\n';

  }

  */

  // cout << memo[N] << '\n';

  memset(memo, -1, sizeof memo);

  cout << dp(N) << '\n';

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8030705553891468x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int n , a[1000000] , frog , memo[1000000];



int f(int n){

	if(n == 1)return 0;

	if(n == 2)return abs(a[1] - a[2]);

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

	memo[n] = min(f(n-1) + abs(a[n] - a[n-1]) , f(n-2) + abs(a[n] - a[n-2]));

	return memo[n];

}

int main(){

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

	scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

	}

	printf("%d" , f(n));

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.080718285638861x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

#define eps 1e-3

#define pi acos(-1.0)

#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f

#define debug1 cout<<"&&";

#define debug2 cout<<"**";

#define pb push_back

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

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

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

typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

using namespace std;

const int mod = 1e9;

const int N = 1e5+10;

/*=======================================================================*/



int n, h[N], sum;

int f[N];



int main() {

   scanf("%d", &n);

   for1(i, n) {

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

   }

   ms(f, inf);

   f[n] = 0;

   for(int i = n; i > 1; i--) {

      if(i == 2) {

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

      } else {

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

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

      }

      // if(i == 2) {

      //    sum += abs(h[i] - h[1]);

      //    i--;

      // } else {

      //    if(abs(h[i] - h[i-1]) < abs(h[i] - h[i-2])) {

      //       sum += abs(h[i] - h[i-1]);

      //       i -= 1;

      //    } else {

      //       sum += abs(h[i] - h[i-2]);

      //       i -= 2;

      //    }

      // }

   }

   cout << f[1] << endl;

   return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3934515550991522x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4026071450218203x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;



const int ppt = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[ppt];

int a[ppt];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int jpr = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) jpr = min(jpr, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=jpr;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4026071450218203x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;



const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4026071450218203x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;

/*ll gcd(ll x, ll y){return (y ? gcd(y, x%y) : x); }

*ll lcm(ll x, ll y){return x*(y/gcd(x,y));}

*void exEuclid(int a, int b){

	if(b==0){x = 1; y=0; d=a; return ;}

	exEuclid(b, a%b);

	int x1=y;

	int y1=x-(a/b)*y;

	x=x1;

	y=y1;

} 

* */

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

const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4025834409052242x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int numStones;

int heights[100005],b[100005];

int main(){

	cin>>numStones;

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

	    cin>>heights[i];

	}

	b[2]=abs(heights[1]-heights[2]);

	for(int i=3;i<=numStones;i++){

	    b[i]=min(b[i-1]+abs(heights[i-1]-heights[i]),b[i-2]+abs(heights[i-2]-heights[i]));

	}

	cout<<b[numStones];

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

const int mx = 100005;

int dp[mx];

int A[mx];

void memo(int i,int n)

{

	if(i>n) return;

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

	memo(i+1,n);

}

int main()

{

     int n;cin>>n;

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

     	cin>>A[i];

     memset(dp,0,sizeof(dp));

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

     memo(3,n);

     cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

     return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3812692193950087x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



#define INF 1e18;

#define MAX_N 100005

long long N, h[MAX_N], memo[MAX_N];



long long dp(int pos) {

  if (pos < 1) {

  	return INF;

  }

  if (pos == 1) {

  	return 0;

  }

  if (pos == 2) {

  	return abs(h[2] - h[1]);

  }

  if (memo[pos] != -1) {

  	return memo[pos];

  }

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

}



int main() {

  cin >> N;

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

  	cin >> h[i];

  }

  /*

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

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

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

  }

  */

  /*

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

  	cout << i << ' ' << memo[i] << '\n';

  }

  */

  // cout << memo[N] << '\n';

  memset(memo, -1, sizeof memo);

  cout << dp(N) << '\n';

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7755840527934588x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int n , a[1000000] , frog , memo[1000000];



int f(int n){

	if(n == 1)return 0;

	if(n == 2)return abs(a[1] - a[2]);

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

	memo[n] = min(f(n-1) + abs(a[n] - a[n-1]) , f(n-2) + abs(a[n] - a[n-2]));

	return memo[n];

}

int main(){

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

	scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

	}

	printf("%d" , f(n));

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.003266421135405x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

#define eps 1e-3

#define pi acos(-1.0)

#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f

#define debug1 cout<<"&&";

#define debug2 cout<<"**";

#define pb push_back

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

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

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

typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

using namespace std;

const int mod = 1e9;

const int N = 1e5+10;

/*=======================================================================*/



int n, h[N], sum;

int f[N];



int main() {

   scanf("%d", &n);

   for1(i, n) {

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

   }

   ms(f, inf);

   f[n] = 0;

   for(int i = n; i > 1; i--) {

      if(i == 2) {

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

      } else {

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

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

      }

      // if(i == 2) {

      //    sum += abs(h[i] - h[1]);

      //    i--;

      // } else {

      //    if(abs(h[i] - h[i-1]) < abs(h[i] - h[i-2])) {

      //       sum += abs(h[i] - h[i-1]);

      //       i -= 1;

      //    } else {

      //       sum += abs(h[i] - h[i-2]);

      //       i -= 2;

      //    }

      // }

   }

   cout << f[1] << endl;

   return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3722093970084877x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3812254166046247x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;



const int ppt = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[ppt];

int a[ppt];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int jpr = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) jpr = min(jpr, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=jpr;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3812254166046247x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;



const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3812254166046247x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long long int lli;

typedef long double ld;

const int oo = 1e9;

const int mod = 1e9+9;

/*ll gcd(ll x, ll y){return (y ? gcd(y, x%y) : x); }

*ll lcm(ll x, ll y){return x*(y/gcd(x,y));}

*void exEuclid(int a, int b){

	if(b==0){x = 1; y=0; d=a; return ;}

	exEuclid(b, a%b);

	int x1=y;

	int y1=x-(a/b)*y;

	x=x1;

	y=y1;

} 

* */

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

const int nax = 1e5+3;

int n;

int dp[nax];

int a[nax];

int f(int i){

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

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

	int ans = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+f(i+1);

	if(i!=n-2) ans = min(ans, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+f(i+2));

	return dp[i]=ans;

}

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout<<f(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3812020738400903x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

typedef long long lld;

const int NN = 1e5 + 5;

lld aa[NN], dp[NN];

int nn;

 

int main() {

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); 

    cout.tie(0);

        cin >> nn;

        for (int ii = 1; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            cin >> aa[ii];

        dp[1] = 0;

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

        for (int ii = 3; ii <= nn; ++ii)

            dp[ii] = min(dp[ii-1] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 1]), dp[ii-2] + abs(aa[ii] - aa[ii - 2]));

        cout << dp[nn];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

const int mx = 100005;

int dp[mx];

int A[mx];

void memo(int i,int n)

{

	if(i>n) return;

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

	memo(i+1,n);

}

int main()

{

     int n;cin>>n;

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

     	cin>>A[i];

     memset(dp,0,sizeof(dp));

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

     memo(3,n);

     cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

     return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4006332449589487x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define INF 1<<28

#define max 100005

 

 

typedef long long ll;

 

int n, a[100005];

int dp[max];

 

int main()

{

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    dp[1] = 0;

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

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

        if(i > 2){

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



#define INF 1e18;

#define MAX_N 100005

long long N, h[MAX_N], memo[MAX_N];



long long dp(int pos) {

  if (pos < 1) {

  	return INF;

  }

  if (pos == 1) {

  	return 0;

  }

  if (pos == 2) {

  	return abs(h[2] - h[1]);

  }

  if (memo[pos] != -1) {

  	return memo[pos];

  }

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

}



int main() {

  cin >> N;

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

  	cin >> h[i];

  }

  /*

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

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

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

  }

  */

  /*

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

  	cout << i << ' ' << memo[i] << '\n';

  }

  */

  // cout << memo[N] << '\n';

  memset(memo, -1, sizeof memo);

  cout << dp(N) << '\n';

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.800475981540178x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define INF 1<<28

#define max 100005

 

 

typedef long long ll;

 

int n, a[100005];

int dp[max];

 

int main()

{

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    dp[1] = 0;

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

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

        if(i > 2){

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int n , a[1000000] , frog , memo[1000000];



int f(int n){

	if(n == 1)return 0;

	if(n == 2)return abs(a[1] - a[2]);

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

	memo[n] = min(f(n-1) + abs(a[n] - a[n-1]) , f(n-2) + abs(a[n] - a[n-2]));

	return memo[n];

}

int main(){

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

	scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

	}

	printf("%d" , f(n));

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.073407257926442x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define INF 1<<28

#define max 100005

 

 

typedef long long ll;

 

int n, a[100005];

int dp[max];

 

int main()

{

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    dp[1] = 0;

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

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

        if(i > 2){

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

}