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

using namespace std;

int n;

int h[1000005], memo[1000005];

int f(int n) {

    if(n == 1) {                        // bisa juga base case nya n = 0, f(0) harus tinggi, misal 1e9;

        return 0;

    }

    if(n == 2) {

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

    } 

    else if(memo[n] != -1) {

        return memo[n];

    }

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

    return memo[n];

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);

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

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

    }

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

    f(n);

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

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.004989640297129x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;





#define x_ real()

#define y_ imag()

#define cross(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).imag()

#define dot(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).real()

#define PI acos(-1)

#define F first

#define S second

#define fastIO ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(NULL)

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

typedef long double ld;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef complex<ld> point;

typedef tuple<int, int, int> line;

typedef vector<point> polygon;

typedef pair<double, double> pd;

pair<int, int> dirs[] = { {1, 2}, {-1, 2}, {2, 1}, {2, -1}, {-2, 1}, {-2, -1}, {1, -2}, {-1, -2} };

ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

ld eps = 1e-6;









int main() {

	fastIO;

	int n;

	cin >> n;

	int dp[n+1], arr[n+1];

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	dp[0] = 0;

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

		if (i > 1) {

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

		}

		else {

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

		}

	}



	cout << dp[n-1];



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

using namespace std;



typedef signed long long ll;

const int MX = 1e5 + 5;

const int INF = 1e9 + 5;

int n, A[MX], dp[MX];



int solve(int pos) {

    if(pos > n) return INF;

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

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

    int ans = INF;

    if(pos + 1 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 1]) + solve(pos + 1));

    if(pos + 2 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 2]) + solve(pos + 2));

    return dp[pos] = ans;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);



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

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

    }

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

    printf("%d\n", solve(0));

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3714760329639568x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;





#define x_ real()

#define y_ imag()

#define cross(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).imag()

#define dot(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).real()

#define PI acos(-1)

#define F first

#define S second

#define fastIO ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(NULL)

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

typedef long double ld;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef complex<ld> point;

typedef tuple<int, int, int> line;

typedef vector<point> polygon;

typedef pair<double, double> pd;

pair<int, int> dirs[] = { {1, 2}, {-1, 2}, {2, 1}, {2, -1}, {-2, 1}, {-2, -1}, {1, -2}, {-1, -2} };

ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

ld eps = 1e-6;









int main() {

	fastIO;

	int n;

	cin >> n;

	int dp[n+1], arr[n+1];

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	dp[0] = 0;

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

		if (i > 1) {

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

		}

		else {

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

		}

	}



	cout << dp[n-1];



}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<iostream>

#include<cmath>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstring>

using namespace std;



int h[100055],dp[100055];

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f;

int main()

{

	int n;

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

	cin>>n;

	h[1]=inf;

	h[0]=inf;

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

		cin>>h[i];

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

	{

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

	}

		

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

} 

//max(h[i],h[i-2])-min(h[i],h[i-2])

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3868979697241668x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;





#define x_ real()

#define y_ imag()

#define cross(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).imag()

#define dot(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).real()

#define PI acos(-1)

#define F first

#define S second

#define fastIO ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(NULL)

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

typedef long double ld;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef complex<ld> point;

typedef tuple<int, int, int> line;

typedef vector<point> polygon;

typedef pair<double, double> pd;

pair<int, int> dirs[] = { {1, 2}, {-1, 2}, {2, 1}, {2, -1}, {-2, 1}, {-2, -1}, {1, -2}, {-1, -2} };

ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

ld eps = 1e-6;









int main() {

	fastIO;

	int n;

	cin >> n;

	int dp[n+1], arr[n+1];

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	dp[0] = 0;

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

		if (i > 1) {

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

		}

		else {

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

		}

	}



	cout << dp[n-1];



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

using namespace std;

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

typedef long long ll;

const int maxn = 1e6 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

ll a[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    IO;

    int n, k=2;

    cin >> n ;

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

        cin >> a[i];

    memset(dp, inf, sizeof(dp));

    dp[1] = 0;

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

    {

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

        {

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.295048009633124x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;





#define x_ real()

#define y_ imag()

#define cross(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).imag()

#define dot(a, b) (conj(a)*(b)).real()

#define PI acos(-1)

#define F first

#define S second

#define fastIO ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(NULL)

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

typedef long double ld;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef complex<ld> point;

typedef tuple<int, int, int> line;

typedef vector<point> polygon;

typedef pair<double, double> pd;

pair<int, int> dirs[] = { {1, 2}, {-1, 2}, {2, 1}, {2, -1}, {-2, 1}, {-2, -1}, {1, -2}, {-1, -2} };

ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

ld eps = 1e-6;









int main() {

	fastIO;

	int n;

	cin >> n;

	int dp[n+1], arr[n+1];

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	dp[0] = 0;

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

		if (i > 1) {

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

		}

		else {

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

		}

	}



	cout << dp[n-1];



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

using namespace std;

int dif(int a, int b)

{

    int ans=a-b;

    if(ans<0) ans*=-1;

    return ans;

}

int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

    int N, h[100005],i,j;

    int f1,f2;

    cin>>N;

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

        cin>>h[i];

    int M[100005]={0};

    M[N-2]=dif(h[N-1],h[N-2]);

    for(i=N-3;i>=0;i--)

    {

        f1=dif(h[i+1],h[i])+M[i+1];

        f2=dif(h[i+2],h[i])+M[i+2];

        M[i]=min(f1,f2);

    }

    cout<<M[0]<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4395776449756625x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

int h[100000], mCost[100000];

int Nstones;

 

int main() {

	scanf("%d", &Nstones);

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

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

	}

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

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

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

	}

	printf("%d", mCost[Nstones - 1]);

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

using namespace std;

int n;

int h[1000005], memo[1000005];

int f(int n) {

    if(n == 1) {                        // bisa juga base case nya n = 0, f(0) harus tinggi, misal 1e9;

        return 0;

    }

    if(n == 2) {

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

    } 

    else if(memo[n] != -1) {

        return memo[n];

    }

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

    return memo[n];

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);

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

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

    }

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

    f(n);

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

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.133782783428315x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

int h[100000], mCost[100000];

int Nstones;

 

int main() {

	scanf("%d", &Nstones);

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

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

	}

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

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

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

	}

	printf("%d", mCost[Nstones - 1]);

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

using namespace std;



typedef signed long long ll;

const int MX = 1e5 + 5;

const int INF = 1e9 + 5;

int n, A[MX], dp[MX];



int solve(int pos) {

    if(pos > n) return INF;

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

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

    int ans = INF;

    if(pos + 1 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 1]) + solve(pos + 1));

    if(pos + 2 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 2]) + solve(pos + 2));

    return dp[pos] = ans;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);



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

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

    }

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

    printf("%d\n", solve(0));

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4067681557672382x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

int h[100000], mCost[100000];

int Nstones;

 

int main() {

	scanf("%d", &Nstones);

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

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

	}

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

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

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

	}

	printf("%d", mCost[Nstones - 1]);

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<iostream>

#include<cmath>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstring>

using namespace std;



int h[100055],dp[100055];

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f;

int main()

{

	int n;

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

	cin>>n;

	h[1]=inf;

	h[0]=inf;

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

		cin>>h[i];

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

	{

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

	}

		

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

} 

//max(h[i],h[i-2])-min(h[i],h[i-2])

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4225869444394932x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

int h[100000], mCost[100000];

int Nstones;

 

int main() {

	scanf("%d", &Nstones);

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

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

	}

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

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

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

	}

	printf("%d", mCost[Nstones - 1]);

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

using namespace std;

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

typedef long long ll;

const int maxn = 1e6 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

ll a[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    IO;

    int n, k=2;

    cin >> n ;

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

        cin >> a[i];

    memset(dp, inf, sizeof(dp));

    dp[1] = 0;

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

    {

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

        {

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.534237005965362x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

int h[100000], mCost[100000];

int Nstones;

 

int main() {

	scanf("%d", &Nstones);

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

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

	}

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

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

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

	}

	printf("%d", mCost[Nstones - 1]);

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

using namespace std;

int n;

int h[1000005], memo[1000005];

int f(int n) {

    if(n == 1) {                        // bisa juga base case nya n = 0, f(0) harus tinggi, misal 1e9;

        return 0;

    }

    if(n == 2) {

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

    } 

    else if(memo[n] != -1) {

        return memo[n];

    }

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

    return memo[n];

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);

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

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

    }

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

    f(n);

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

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 3.6172737992200323x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

const int nax = 1e5+3;

int number;

int dyn[nax];

int a[nax];

int op1(int i){

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

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

	int res = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+op1(i+1);

	if(i!=number-2) res = min(res, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+op1(i+2));

	return dyn[i]=res;

}

int main(){

	cin>>number;

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

	memset(dyn, -1, sizeof dyn);

	cout<<op1(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

typedef long long ll;

const int maxn = 1e6 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

ll a[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    IO;

    int n, k=2;

    cin >> n ;

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

        cin >> a[i];

    memset(dp, inf, sizeof(dp));

    dp[1] = 0;

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

    {

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

        {

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 6.717842801716997x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

const int nax = 1e5+3;

int number;

int dyn[nax];

int a[nax];

int op1(int i){

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

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

	int res = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+op1(i+1);

	if(i!=number-2) res = min(res, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+op1(i+2));

	return dyn[i]=res;

}

int main(){

	cin>>number;

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

	memset(dyn, -1, sizeof dyn);

	cout<<op1(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int dif(int a, int b)

{

    int ans=a-b;

    if(ans<0) ans*=-1;

    return ans;

}

int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

    int N, h[100005],i,j;

    int f1,f2;

    cin>>N;

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

        cin>>h[i];

    int M[100005]={0};

    M[N-2]=dif(h[N-1],h[N-2]);

    for(i=N-3;i>=0;i--)

    {

        f1=dif(h[i+1],h[i])+M[i+1];

        f2=dif(h[i+2],h[i])+M[i+2];

        M[i]=min(f1,f2);

    }

    cout<<M[0]<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4178445787195015x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int n;

int h[1000005], memo[1000005];

int f(int n) {

    if(n == 1) {                        // bisa juga base case nya n = 0, f(0) harus tinggi, misal 1e9;

        return 0;

    }

    if(n == 2) {

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

    } 

    else if(memo[n] != -1) {

        return memo[n];

    }

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

    return memo[n];

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);

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

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

    }

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

    f(n);

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

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.0562789115347835x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



typedef signed long long ll;

const int MX = 1e5 + 5;

const int INF = 1e9 + 5;

int n, A[MX], dp[MX];



int solve(int pos) {

    if(pos > n) return INF;

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

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

    int ans = INF;

    if(pos + 1 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 1]) + solve(pos + 1));

    if(pos + 2 < n) ans = min(ans, abs(A[pos] - A[pos + 2]) + solve(pos + 2));

    return dp[pos] = ans;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);



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

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

    }

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

    printf("%d\n", solve(0));

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3855304089579206x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<iostream>

#include<cmath>

#include<algorithm>

#include<cstring>

using namespace std;



int h[100055],dp[100055];

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f;

int main()

{

	int n;

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

	cin>>n;

	h[1]=inf;

	h[0]=inf;

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

		cin>>h[i];

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

	{

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

	}

		

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

} 

//max(h[i],h[i-2])-min(h[i],h[i-2])

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4011103839868086x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

typedef long long ll;

const int maxn = 1e6 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

ll a[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    IO;

    int n, k=2;

    cin >> n ;

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

        cin >> a[i];

    memset(dp, inf, sizeof(dp));

    dp[1] = 0;

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

    {

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

        {

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.390300202503754x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

const int nax = 1e5+3;

int number;

int dyn[nax];

int a[nax];

int op1(int i){

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

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

	int res = abs(a[i]-a[i+1])+op1(i+1);

	if(i!=number-2) res = min(res, abs(a[i]-a[i+2])+op1(i+2));

	return dyn[i]=res;

}

int main(){

	cin>>number;

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

	memset(dyn, -1, sizeof dyn);

	cout<<op1(0)<<endl;

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3978148164026272x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll h[100009];

ll dp[100009];

int main() {

    int n;

    cin>>n;

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

    dp[1]=0;dp[2]=abs(h[2]-h[1]);

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

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

    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int n;

int h[1000005], memo[1000005];

int f(int n) {

    if(n == 1) {                        // bisa juga base case nya n = 0, f(0) harus tinggi, misal 1e9;

        return 0;

    }

    if(n == 2) {

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

    } 

    else if(memo[n] != -1) {

        return memo[n];

    }

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

    return memo[n];

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d", &n);

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

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

    }

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

    f(n);

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

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 3.5766909758799112x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int n, arr[100005], best, memo[100005];



int dp(int x){

	if(x==1 || x == 0){

		return 0;

	}

	if (x == 2){

		return abs(arr[x] - arr[x-1]);

	}

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

		return memo[x];

	}

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

	memo[x] = best;

	return best;

}



int main(){

	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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

	cin.tie();

	cout.tie();

	cin >> n;

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	cout << dp(n) << endl;

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

using namespace std;

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

typedef long long ll;

const int maxn = 1e6 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

ll a[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    IO;

    int n, k=2;

    cin >> n ;

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

        cin >> a[i];

    memset(dp, inf, sizeof(dp));

    dp[1] = 0;

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

    {

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

        {

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

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 6.642474155940841x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int n, arr[100005], best, memo[100005];



int dp(int x){

	if(x==1 || x == 0){

		return 0;

	}

	if (x == 2){

		return abs(arr[x] - arr[x-1]);

	}

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

		return memo[x];

	}

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

	memo[x] = best;

	return best;

}



int main(){

	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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

	cin.tie();

	cout.tie();

	cin >> n;

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	}

	cout << dp(n) << endl;

}