// Slower C++ solution:
#include<set>

#include<map>

#include<cmath>

#include<ctime>

#include<queue>

#include<stack>

#include<cstdio>

#include<string>

#include<vector>

#include<random>

#include<cstdlib>

#include<cstring>

#include<iomanip>

#include<iostream>

#include<algorithm>

#include<unordered_map>

#define endl "\n"

#define fi first

#define se second

#define db double

#define gcd __gcd

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define lowbit(x) (x & (-x))

#define PII  pair<int, int> 

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

#define debug(x) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl

#define rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(b) i = a; i <= (b); i++)

#define Rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(a) i = a; i >= (b); i--)

#define FAST ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)

template<class T> inline T qmin(T a, T b) { return a < b ? a : b; }

template<class T> inline T qmax(T a, T b) { return a > b ? a : b; }

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

const db eps = 1e-9;

const db PI = acos(-1);

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

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

const int maxn = (int)1e5 + 5;//remember to modify it, No RE or MLE

const ll INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;

using namespace std;

ll qpow(ll x, ll y) { ll ret = 1; for( ; y; y >>= 1, x = (x * x) % mod) if(y & 1) ret = (ret * x) % mod; return ret; }



inline int read(){

	char ch = getchar();

	int x = 0, f = 1;

	while(ch < '0' || ch > '9'){

		if(ch == '-') f = -1;

		ch = getchar();

	}

	while('0' <= ch && ch <= '9'){

		x = x * 10 + ch - '0';

		ch = getchar();

	}

	return x * f;

}



int n;

int h[maxn], dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	n = read();

	rep(i, 1, n) h[i] = read();

	memset(dp, 0x3f, sizeof dp);

	dp[1] = 0;

	rep(i, 1, n){

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3651007792503467x):
    #include <bits/stdc++.h>

     

    using namespace std;

     

    void __print(int x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long x) {

       cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long long x) {

       cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned long x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned long long x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(float x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(double x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long double x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(char x) {

        cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';

    }

    void __print(const char *x) {

        cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';

    }

    void __print(const string &x) {

        cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';

    }

    void __print(bool x) {

        cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");

    }

     

    template<typename T, typename V>

    void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {

        cerr << '{'; 

        __print(x.first); cerr << ','; 

       __print(x.second); cerr << '}';

    }

    template<typename T>

    void __print(const T &x) {

        int f = 0; cerr << '{'; 

        for (auto &i: x) 

            cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); 

        cerr << "}";

    }

    void _print() {

        cerr << "]\n";

    }

    template <typename T, typename... V>

    void _print(T t, V... v) {

        __print(t); 

        if (sizeof...(v)) 

            cerr << ", "; _print(v...);

    }

     

    #ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

    #define debug(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)

    #else

    #define debug(x...)

    #endif

     

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

    #define forw(i, w) for(int i = n; i >= 0; i--)

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

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

    #define read(v) for(auto &i:v) cin >> i;

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

     

    typedef long long ll;

    typedef vector<int> vi;

    typedef vector<double> vd;

    typedef pair<int, int> pii;

     

    int n, k;

    vi arr, dp;

     

    int main(){

    	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    	cout.tie(0);cin.tie(0);

    	

    	cin >> n;

    	k=2;

    	arr.assign(n, 0);

    	dp.assign(n, 999999999);

    	dp[0] = 0;

    	read(arr);

     

    	forn(i, n)

    		for(int j = i+1; j < n && j < i+k+1; j++)

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

     

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

    	return 0;

    }