stablegradients/pie-gem5-pairs huggingface dataset:
// 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: 1.7824815524597057x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define Joe ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(NULL); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cout.tie(NULL);

#define INF 1e9+7

const long long N =1e5+5;

using namespace std;

int main(){

	Joe

	int n; cin>>n;

	int arr[n+5];

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

		cin>>arr[i];

	}

	int dp[n+5];

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

const int maxn = 1e5 + 5;

int main(){

	int a[maxn],dp[maxn],n;

	memset(dp,0x3f3f,sizeof(dp));

	scanf("%d",&n);

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

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

	dp[1] = 0;

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

		dp[i] = min(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]));

	}

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

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3809200489527529x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define Joe ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(NULL); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cout.tie(NULL);

#define INF 1e9+7

const long long N =1e5+5;

using namespace std;

int main(){

	Joe

	int n; cin>>n;

	int arr[n+5];

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

		cin>>arr[i];

	}

	int dp[n+5];

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 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: 1.7778682521539118x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define Joe ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(NULL); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cout.tie(NULL);

#define INF 1e9+7

const long long N =1e5+5;

using namespace std;

int main(){

	Joe

	int n; cin>>n;

	int arr[n+5];

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

		cin>>arr[i];

	}

	int dp[n+5];

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 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: 2.175874432434862x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define Joe ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(NULL); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cout.tie(NULL);

#define INF 1e9+7

const long long N =1e5+5;

using namespace std;

int main(){

	Joe

	int n; cin>>n;

	int arr[n+5];

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

		cin>>arr[i];

	}

	int dp[n+5];

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

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

	}

	cout<<dp[n-1]<<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: 1.4030212999764684x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

    cout<<dp[n-1]<<'\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: 5.003416536607984x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

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



    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: 1.3710449683340404x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

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



    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: 1.3864620578703089x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

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



    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: 9.292126510216422x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

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



    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: 1.3832009447796947x):
#include <iostream>

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define mod 998244353

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



void Fastio(){

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}



ll fact[1000006], inv[1000006];



ll fp(ll base, ll exp)

{

    if (exp == 0)

        return 1;

    ll ans = fp(base, exp / 2);

    ans = (ans * ans) % mod;

    if (exp % 2 != 0)

        ans = (ans * (base % mod)) % mod;

    return ans;

}



void calcFacAndInv(ll n)

{

    fact[0] = inv[0] = 1;

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

    {

        fact[i] = (i * fact[i - 1]) ;

        inv[i] = fp(fact[i], mod - 2);

    }

}



ll ncr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return ((fact[n] * inv[r]) % mod * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



ll npr(ll n, ll r)

{

    return (fact[n] * inv[n - r]) % mod;

}



long double  NCR(int n, int m){

    long double res = 1;

    m = min(m, n - m);

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

        res = res * ( n - i) / (i + 1);

 }

    return res;

}

ll tol(string a){

    ll res=0;

    while(a[0]=='0'){

        a.erase(a.begin());

    }

    if(a=="")a="0";

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

        res*=10; res+=a[i]-'0';

    }

    return res;

}

int check(string a, string b){

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

        if(a[i]>b[i])return 1;

        if(b[i]>a[i])return -1;

    }

    return 0;

}

class data{

public:

    ll v,d,p;

    data(){}

    data(ll vv, ll dd, ll pp){

        v=vv;  d=dd; p=pp;

    }

};



int primeFactors(int n)

{

    ll c=0;

    while (n % 2 == 0)

    {

        c++;

        n = n/2;

    }

    for (int i = 3; i*i <= n; i = i + 2)

    {

        while (n % i == 0)

        {

            c++;

            n = n/i;

        }

    }

    if (n > 2)

        c++;

    return c;

}



int main()

{

    Fastio();

    int n; cin>>n;

    int arr[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){cin>>arr[i];}

    ll dp[n]={0};

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

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

        ll ans1, ans2;

        ans1=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-1])+dp[i-1];

        ans2=abs(arr[i]-arr[i-2])+dp[i-2];

        dp[i]=min(ans1,ans2);

    }

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



    return 0;

}