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

using namespace std;



typedef long double LD;

typedef long long ll;

typedef map<int,int> mii;

typedef pair<int,int> pii;

typedef vector<pii> vpii;



#define pb              push_back

#define mp              make_pair

#define F               first

#define S               second

#define mod             1000000007

#define INF             2147483647

#define Endl            "\n"

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

#define precision(a)    cout << fixed << setprecision(a)

#define bug(a,b)        cout<<a<<"\t"<<b<<"\n";

#define Case(a,b)       cout<<"Case "<<a<<": "<<b<<"\n";

#define reset(a,b)      memset(a,b,sizeof(a));

#define srt(a)      sort(a.begin(),a.end());



const int MAXN = 1000005;

const int SQRTN = 1003;

const int LOGN = 22;

const double PI=acos(-1);

const int sz=1e5+9;



int strtoint(string str){

    stringstream ss(str);

    int x = 0;

    ss >> x ;

    return x ;

}

string intostr(int x){

    stringstream ss;

    ss << x;

    string str = ss.str();

    return str;

}

void rem(string &s, const string &c) {

	auto pos = s.find(c);

	if (pos == string::npos) {

		cout << -1 << endl;

		exit(0);

	}

	s.erase(0, pos + 1);

}

void println (int n){

    cout<<n<<"\n";

}

void printvec(vector <int> &a){

    for (int i=0;i<a.size();i++){

        cout<<a[i]<<" ";

    }

    cout<<"\n";

}



void printgraph(vector <int> g[],int e){

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

        cout<<i<<" --> ";

        for (int j=0;j<g[i].size();j++){

            cout<<g[i][j]<<" ";

        }

        cout<<"\n";

    }

}



void printmap (map <int,int> &mymap){

    for (auto itr = mymap.begin(); itr != mymap.end(); ++itr) {

        cout << '\t' << itr->first

             << '\t' << itr->second << '\n';

    }

    cout << "\n";

}



int n,x,arr[sz],dp[sz];





int rec (int i){

    if (i==n) return 0;

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

    int left = abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1])+rec(i+1);

    int right = INF;

    if (i+2<=n){

        right = abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2])+rec (i+2);

    }

    return dp[i]= min(left,right);

}





void solve(){



    cin>>n;

    reset (dp,-1);

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





    cout << rec (1) << Endl;



    //printvec(v);

}





int main(){

    //FasterIO;



    solve();

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.406438785047774x):
#include <iostream>

#include<cmath>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll n;

ll dp[1000050],a[1000050];

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

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

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



    }

    cout<<dp[n];

    return 0;

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



using namespace std;



const int N = 1e5; // Maximum stones as per problem



int n, stones[N];



int memo[N]; // Memoization Table



int jumps(int ind) {

    if (ind == (n - 1)) return 0; // If we are last stone, then the answer will be 0.

    if (ind >= n) return INT_MAX; // Checking the boundary condition





    // If you are done with the whole function, then only read

    // Since we stored the minimum cost for a stone, now we will use the stored cost

    // We are initializing the table to -1, if the value stored is not -1, then we have calculated the minimum cost

    // So just return that cost

    if (memo[ind] != -1) return memo[ind]; // If reading for first time, then ignore this line



    // Calculate the cost for jumping to next stone (ind + 1) and recursively doing it for next stone

    int oneJump = abs(stones[ind] - stones[ind + 1]) + jumps(ind + 1);



    // Initializing the twoJumps because there can be a case in which there can be only one stone.

    int twoJumps = INT_MAX;



    // Checking if there are more than 2 stones

    if (ind + 2 < n) {

        // Calculate the cost for jumping to next to next stone (ind + 2) and recursively doing it for next to next stone

        twoJumps = abs(stones[ind] - stones[ind + 2]) + jumps(ind + 2);

    }



    // Storing the minimum cost in the memoization table and returning the minimum cost

    // After this,  go to the ignored line.

    return memo[ind] = min(oneJump, twoJumps);

}





int main() {

    // Initializing the memoization table to -1

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



    cin >> n;

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

        cin >> stones[i];

    }



    // We will start from first stone

    cout << jumps(0) << endl;



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3876820407078805x):
#include <iostream>

#include<cmath>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll n;

ll dp[1000050],a[1000050];

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

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

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



    }

    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 INF 1e18

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

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

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<ll> vll;

typedef pair<int,int> pi;



#define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846



int a[100005];

const int oo = 1e9+10;

const int mod = 7901;



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



int dp[100005];

int n;

int memo[100005];



int dpF(int i){

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

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

	

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

	if(i+2 <= n-1){

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

	}



	return memo[i] = ans;

}



void solve(){

	cin>>n;

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

	

	memset(memo, -1 , sizeof memo);

	cout << dpF(0) << '\n';

	return;

	dp[0] = 0;

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

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

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

	}

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

}

int main(){   

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);

	int t=1;

	while(t--){

		solve();

	}

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3974076446148718x):
#include <iostream>

#include<cmath>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll n;

ll dp[1000050],a[1000050];

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

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

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



    }

    cout<<dp[n];

    return 0;

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

#define endl '\n'

#define ll long long

using namespace std;



const int MXN = 1e5 + 5;

int n;

int h[MXN];

int dp[MXN];



int Dp(int idx) {

    if(idx == n - 1) return 0; // caso base

    if(dp[idx] != -1) return dp[idx]; // caso dp

    int ans = Dp(idx + 1) + abs(h[idx] - h[idx + 1]);

    if(idx + 2 < n) ans = min(ans, Dp(idx + 2) + abs(h[idx] - h[idx + 2])); 

    return dp[idx] = ans; // guardar

}



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);

    cin >> n;

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

        cin >> h[i];

    }

    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

    cout << Dp(0) << endl;

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.39698559594348x):
#include <iostream>

#include<cmath>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll n;

ll dp[1000050],a[1000050];

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

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

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



    }

    cout<<dp[n];

    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



const int inf=0x3f;

int h[100005],dp[100005];



signed main()

{

	int n;

	while(cin>>n){

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

		memset(dp,inf,sizeof dp);

		

		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;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.384923282113713x):
#include <iostream>

#include<cmath>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll n;

ll dp[1000050],a[1000050];

int main(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);

    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

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

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



    }

    cout<<dp[n];

    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: 3.5882753527639926x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,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: 6.663988154377973x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,0);	

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

/*                   وتزودوا فإن خير الزاد التقوى                    */

/*       وما تدري نفس ماذا تکسب غدا وما تدري نفس باي ارض تموت      */

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include<unordered_map>

#include<iomanip>

#include<fstream>

using namespace std;

#include<iostream>

#define endl '\n'

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define dll double

#define PI acos(-1)

#define watch(x) cout<<#x<<" = { "<<x<<" }\n"

#define sz(n) n.size()

#define M_Sayed fast() 

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

#define allr(v) v.rbegin(),v.rend()

#define RT(v) return cout<<v,0

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

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

const double EPS = (1e-7);

ll Ceil(ll x, ll y) { return (x + y - 1) / y; }

void run() {

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

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

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

#else

#endif

}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return !b ? abs(a) : gcd(b, a % b); }

ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return abs(a / gcd(a, b)) * b; }

ll power(ll x, ll y, ll mod) {

	if (y == 0) return 1;

	if (y == 1) return x % mod;

	ll r = power(x, y >> 1, mod);

	return (((r * r) % mod) * power(x, y & 1, mod)) % mod;

}

void fast() { ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL); }

ll n, m, k,su,cnt;

ll vis[100009];

vector<ll>v;

ll Jum(int x) {

	if (x+1 == n)

		return 0;

	ll &ret = vis[x];

	if (~ret)return ret;

	 ret = abs(v[x] - v[x + 1])+Jum(x + 1) ;

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

		if(i+x<n)ret = min(ret,Jum(x + i) + abs(v[x] - v[x + i]));

	}

	return ret;

}

int main()

{

	//run();

	M_Sayed;

	cin >> n ;

	memset(vis, -1, sizeof vis);

	v.resize(n);

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

		cin >> v[i];

	}

	k = 2;

	RT(Jum(0));

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2868303073628897x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,0);	

}
// Slower C++ solution:
//       Author: Mostafa Mounir Shehab

 

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

 

#define PI  3.14159265  // PI = acos(-1)

#define EPS (1e-10)

#define endl "\n"

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

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

//template <class Type>

 

 

void Fast(){

	std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

	cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL); cerr.tie(NULL);

}

 

inline int D(){

	int t;

	scanf("%d",&t);

	return t;

}

inline ll llD(){

	ll t;

	scanf("%lld",&t);

	return t;

}

 

 

ll MOD=1e9 + 7; 

const int N=1e5 + 5,M=50 + 1;

int arr[N];

ll dp[N];

ll OO=1e12; 

 

ll n,m,k,cnt,SU,idx,len,MN,MX;

ll l,r,mid;

ll a,b,c,d;



ll Solve(int idx){

	ll &ret = dp[idx];

	if(~ret)

		return ret;

		

	if(idx >= n)

		return ret = (idx == n) ? 0 : OO;

	

	

	ll x = abs(arr[idx] - arr[idx+1]) + Solve(idx+1);

	ll y = abs(arr[idx] - arr[idx+2]) + Solve(idx+2);

	

	return ret = min(x,y);

}







 

 

int main(){

	

	memset(dp, -1 ,sizeof dp);

	cin>>n;

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

		cin>>arr[i];



	cout<<Solve(1)<<endl;

	



	





}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2789602438572332x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,0);	

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



using namespace std;



const int N = 1e5 + 9;



int n, h[N], dp[N][2];



int sol(int i, int prev){

    if(i >= n)  return 1e9;

    if(i == n - 1)  return abs(h[i] - h[i - 1 - (prev == 1)]);



    int &ret = dp[i][prev];

    if(~ret)    return ret;



    return ret = abs(h[i] - h[i - 1 - (prev == 1)]) + min(sol(i + 1, 0), sol(i + 2, 1));

}



int main(){

    cin >> n;

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

        cin >> h[i];



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);



    cout << min(sol(1, 0), sol(2, 1));



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.2756501239427x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,0);	

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



using namespace std;



int n, h[100002], dp[100002][3];



int sol(int i, int choice){

    if(i==0) return 0;

    if(i<0) return 1E9;



    int &ret = dp[i][choice];

    if(~ret) return ret;



    return ret = min(abs(h[i]-h[i-1]) + sol(i-1, 1), abs(h[i]-h[i-2]) + sol(i-2, 2));

}



int main()

{

    cin >> n;

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

        cin >> h[i];



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);

    cout << min(sol(n-1, 1), sol(n-1, 2));

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.5612261966298913x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

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



int back(vector<int> &N, int index){

	if(index+2==N.size()){

		return abs(N[index]-N[index+1]);

	}

	if(index+1==N.size()){

		return 0;

	}

	if(dp[N.size()-index]!=-1)return dp[N.size()-index];

	int a = abs(N[index]-N[index+1]) + back(N,index+1);

	int b = abs(N[index]-N[index+2]) + back(N,index+2);

	

	dp[N.size()-index] = min(a,b);

	return dp[N.size()-index];

}



int main(){

//	10 30 40 20

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	vector<int> N(n);

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

		cin>>N[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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



	cout<<back(N,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: 1.4204625478300303x):
#include <iostream>

#define MAXN 100001



using namespace std;



int height[MAXN];



int getCost(int a, int b){

	return abs(height[a]-height[b]);

}



int main(){



	int stones;

	cin >> stones;



	for (int s=0;s<stones;s++){

		cin >> height[s];

	}



	int dp[stones];

	dp[0]=0;

	dp[1]=getCost(1,0);



	for (int s=2;s<stones;s++){

		

		dp[s] = min(getCost(s,s-1) + dp[s-1], getCost(s,s-2) + dp[s-2]);

	}



	cout << dp[stones-1] << 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: 5.065615042027006x):
#include <iostream>

#define MAXN 100001



using namespace std;



int height[MAXN];



int getCost(int a, int b){

	return abs(height[a]-height[b]);

}



int main(){



	int stones;

	cin >> stones;



	for (int s=0;s<stones;s++){

		cin >> height[s];

	}



	int dp[stones];

	dp[0]=0;

	dp[1]=getCost(1,0);



	for (int s=2;s<stones;s++){

		

		dp[s] = min(getCost(s,s-1) + dp[s-1], getCost(s,s-2) + dp[s-2]);

	}



	cout << dp[stones-1] << 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: 1.3880887117978737x):
#include <iostream>

#define MAXN 100001



using namespace std;



int height[MAXN];



int getCost(int a, int b){

	return abs(height[a]-height[b]);

}



int main(){



	int stones;

	cin >> stones;



	for (int s=0;s<stones;s++){

		cin >> height[s];

	}



	int dp[stones];

	dp[0]=0;

	dp[1]=getCost(1,0);



	for (int s=2;s<stones;s++){

		

		dp[s] = min(getCost(s,s-1) + dp[s-1], getCost(s,s-2) + dp[s-2]);

	}



	cout << dp[stones-1] << 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: 1.4036974543616387x):
#include <iostream>

#define MAXN 100001



using namespace std;



int height[MAXN];



int getCost(int a, int b){

	return abs(height[a]-height[b]);

}



int main(){



	int stones;

	cin >> stones;



	for (int s=0;s<stones;s++){

		cin >> height[s];

	}



	int dp[stones];

	dp[0]=0;

	dp[1]=getCost(1,0);



	for (int s=2;s<stones;s++){

		

		dp[s] = min(getCost(s,s-1) + dp[s-1], getCost(s,s-2) + dp[s-2]);

	}



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



	return 0;

}