stablegradients/pie-gem5-pairs huggingface dataset:
// 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: 1.361483287500695x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    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: 1.3614602783789285x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ll dp[100009];

ll n,x;

vector<ll>v;

ll frog(ll pos)

{

    if(pos<=0)

        return 0;

    if(pos==1)

        return abs(v[0]-v[1]);

        if(dp[pos]==-1)

        {

            dp[pos]= min(abs(v[pos]-v[pos-1])+frog(pos-1),abs(v[pos]-v[pos-2])+frog(pos-2));

        }

    return dp[pos];

}



int main()

{

    cin>>n;

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

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

    {

        cin>>x;

        v.push_back(x);

    }

    cout<<frog(n-1)<<endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7554417983298585x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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



using namespace std;

int v[1000010];

int memo[1000010];

int c;



int f(int i)

{



    if(memo[i]!=-1)

        return memo[i];



    if(i == 0)

        return memo[0] = 0;



    if(i == 1)

        return memo[1] = abs(v[0] - v[1]);



    return memo[i] = min(abs(v[i] - v[i-1]) + f(i-1), abs(v[i] - v[i-2]) + f(i-2));

}



int main()

{



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

    cin>>c;



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

    {

        cin>>v[i];

    }



    cout<<f(c-1)<<endl;



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 4.94784461777623x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int h[100001];

int dp[100001];

int n;

int solve(int stone)

{

    if(stone+1==n) return dp[stone]=abs(h[stone]-h[stone+1]);

    if(stone+2==n) return dp[stone+2]=abs(h[stone]-h[stone+2]);

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

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

}



int main()

{

    int i;

    scanf("%d",&n);



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

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



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

    printf("%d\n",solve(1));





    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3495388763061582x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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



using namespace std;



int n, h[100002], dp[100002];



int sol(int i){

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

    if(i>=n) return 1E9;



    int &ret = dp[i];

    if(~ret) return ret;



    return ret = min(abs(h[i+1]-h[i]) + sol(i+1),

                     abs(h[i+2]-h[i]) + sol(i+2));

}



int main()

{

    cin >> n;

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

        cin >> h[i];



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

    cout << sol(0);

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3597347953477301x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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



using namespace std;



#define F first

#define S second



int N;

int H[100005];

int dp[100005][5];



int solve(int cost, int ind, int j) {

	if (ind > N) return INT32_MAX;

	if (ind == N) return cost;



	if (~dp[ind][j]) return dp[ind][j];

	

	dp[ind][j] = cost;

	dp[ind][j] += min(solve(abs(H[ind] - H[ind + 1]), ind + 1, 0), 

					solve(abs(H[ind] - H[ind + 2]), ind + 2, 1));

	return dp[ind][j];

}



int main() {

	cin >> N; 

	H[0] = INT32_MAX; // to avoid RTE

	for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) cin >> H[i];

	int ans = 0;

	

	memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

	cout << solve(0, 1, 0) << endl;



	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.922608753645653x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define PII pair<int,int>

#define PSI pair<string,int>

#define PIII pair< int, pair<int,int> >

const int MXN = 1e5;

int a[MXN+5], dp[MXN+5];

int N,K;



int rec(int pos){



    if(pos==N) return 0;

    if(pos>=N) return 1<<30;

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

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

}



void solve(){



    cin>>N;

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

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

    cout<< rec(1) << "\n";

}



int main(){



    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(nullptr);

    solve();

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3743138841814937x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 

#include <ext/pb_ds/detail/standard_policies.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define getbit(n, i) (((n) & (1LL << (i))) != 0) 

#define setbit0(n, i) ((n) & (~(1LL << (i)))) 

#define setbit1(n, i) ((n) | (1LL << (i))) 

#define togglebit(n, i) ((n) ^ (1LL << (i))) 

#define lastone(n) ((n) & (-(n))) 

char gap = 32;

template<typename T> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) { 

    os << '{'; 

    for (const auto &x : v) os << gap << x;

        return os << '}'; 

}

template<typename A, typename B> 

ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) {

        return os << '(' << p.first << gap << p.second << ')';

}



template <class T>

void read(T &x) {

    char c;

    for (c = getchar(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = getchar())

        ;

    for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = getchar()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15);

}

#define ll long long 

#define lll __int128_t

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

typedef pair < int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ll>vl;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<vi> vvi;

typedef tree<

int,

null_type,

less<int>,

rb_tree_tag,

tree_order_statistics_node_update>

ordered_set;

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

ll hashPrime = 1610612741;



int main(){

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);

    ll n, i, j, k, l;

    cin >> n;

    vector<ll> Data(n + 1, 0);

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

        cin >> Data[i];

    }

    vector<ll> Dp(n + 1, 0);

    Dp[1] = 0;

    Dp[2] = abs(Data[1] - Data[2]);

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

        Dp[i] = min(Dp[i - 1] + abs(Data[i - 1]- Data[i]), Dp[i - 2] + abs(Data[i - 2] - Data[i]));

    }

    cout << Dp[n];

    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: 1.4022723432578792x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int h[100005];



int abse(int n)

{

    if(n<0) return -n;

    return n;

}

int solve(int i,int n,int dp[])

{

    if(i==n-2)return dp[i]= abse(h[n-2]-h[n-1]);

    if(i>n-2)  return dp[i]= 0;

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

    return dp[i]=min(abse(h[i+1]-h[i])+solve(i+1,n,dp),abse(h[i+2]-h[i])+solve(i+2,n,dp)) ;



}

int main(void)

{

    int n,i;

    cin>>n;

    int dp[n+5];

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

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

        cin>>h[i];

    cout<<solve(0,n,dp);

}
// 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: 1.8025829978695627x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int h[100005];



int abse(int n)

{

    if(n<0) return -n;

    return n;

}

int solve(int i,int n,int dp[])

{

    if(i==n-2)return dp[i]= abse(h[n-2]-h[n-1]);

    if(i>n-2)  return dp[i]= 0;

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

    return dp[i]=min(abse(h[i+1]-h[i])+solve(i+1,n,dp),abse(h[i+2]-h[i])+solve(i+2,n,dp)) ;



}

int main(void)

{

    int n,i;

    cin>>n;

    int dp[n+5];

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

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

        cin>>h[i];

    cout<<solve(0,n,dp);

}
// 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: 5.079344439009484x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int h[100005];



int abse(int n)

{

    if(n<0) return -n;

    return n;

}

int solve(int i,int n,int dp[])

{

    if(i==n-2)return dp[i]= abse(h[n-2]-h[n-1]);

    if(i>n-2)  return dp[i]= 0;

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

    return dp[i]=min(abse(h[i+1]-h[i])+solve(i+1,n,dp),abse(h[i+2]-h[i])+solve(i+2,n,dp)) ;



}

int main(void)

{

    int n,i;

    cin>>n;

    int dp[n+5];

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

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

        cin>>h[i];

    cout<<solve(0,n,dp);

}