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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

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

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

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

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

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

#define     Endl            "\n";

#define     tab             "\t"

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

#define     sf(a)           scanf(" %d", &a);

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

#define     pi              2*acos(0.0)

#define     inf             INT_MAX

const int sz=1e5+9;

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



int clac(int i){

    if(i==n) return 0;

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

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

    int right=inf;

    if(i+2<=n){

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

    }

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

}



void solve(){

    cin>>n;

    reset(dp,-1);

    lp(i,1,n+1)cin>>arr[i];

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

}



int main(){

    //FasterIO;

    #ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

       // freopen("1.txt","r",stdin);

   #endif

   // int t;

    //cin>>t;

    //while(t--)

        solve();

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3792305929713657x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=1e5+10;

int main()

{

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

	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]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG

#define debug(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)

	template <typename Arg1>

	void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){

		cerr << name << " : " << arg1 << std::endl;

	}

	template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>

	void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){

		const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ','); cerr.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);

	}

#else

#define debug(...)

#endif

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

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

#define ln 		"\n"

#define mp make_pair

#define pb push_back

#define sz(a)	ll(a.size())

#define F first

#define S second

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

#define rall(c) c.rbegin(), c.rend()

#define trace(c,x) for(auto &x:c)

#define pii pair<ll,ll>

#define init(a, x) memset(a,x,sizeof(a))

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef	priority_queue<pii,std::vector<pii>,greater<pii> > revpr;



typedef tree<int,null_type,less<int>,rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> pbds;

// ordered_set X

//K-th smallest

//*X.find_by_order(k-1)

//NO OF ELEMENTS < A

//X.order_of_key(A)

const int L=1e6+7;

ll n, h[L], dp[L];

ll solve(int i)

{

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

	if(i>=n)return INT_MAX;

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

	ll &ret = dp[i];

	ret = INT_MAX;

	ret = solve(i+1) + abs(h[i]-h[i+1]);

	ret = min(ret,solve(i+2) + abs(h[i]-h[i+2]));

	return ret;

}

void fff()

{

	cin >> n;

	init(dp, -1);

	FOR(i,0,n)cin >> h[i];

	cout<<solve(0)<<ln;

}

int main()

{

	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	//int t;cin >> t;while(t--)

	fff();

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.266687475865155x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=1e5+10;

int main()

{

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

	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]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#define f(i,s,v) for(int i=(int)s;i<(int)v;++i)

#define rf(i,s,v) for(int i=(int)s-1;i>(int)v;--i)

#define pb push_back

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

#define memset(c, value) memset(c, (int)value, sizeof(c))

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

const int oo = 1e9;

const ll MOD =1e9+7;

void fast(){

    ios_base :: sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

}

int n;

int h[100005];

bool valid (int r,int c){

    return (r < n && r >= 0 && c >= 0 && c < n);

}

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

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

int vis[100002];

int dp(int i){

    if(i == n-1)

        return 0;

    int &ret = vis[i];

    if(ret != -1)

        return ret;



    int path1 = abs(h[i]-h[i+1]) + dp(i+1);

    if(i+2 < n)

        path1 =min(path1, abs(h[i]-h[i+2]) + dp(i+2));

    return ret = path1;

}



int main()

{

    fast();

    memset(vis, -1);

    cin>>n;

    f(i,0,n)

        cin>>h[i];

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

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3958140962761683x):
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

const int maxn=1e5+10;

int main()

{

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

	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]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

#define    sz    100110

#define    ll    long long int

ll n,c=0,p,q;

ll num[sz];

ll vis[sz];

ll dp[sz];



ll tani(int pos)

{



  if(pos>=n)return 0;

  if(vis[pos]==1)return dp[pos];

  vis[pos]=1;



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



}



int main()

{

    ll t,i;



    for(i=1;i<sz;i++)num[i]=1000000;



    cin>>n;

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

    {

        cin>>num[i];

    }

    t=tani(1);

    cout<<t<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8020162594195008x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



#define fr(i,n) _back

#define pb	push_back

#define eb	emplace_back

#define mk	make_pair

#define fi	first

#define se	second

#define endl	'\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef pair<int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const double PI = acos(-1.0);

const int N = 1e5 + 3;

int h[N];

int dp[N];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    memset(dp, INF, sizeof dp);

    int n; cin >> n;

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



    dp[0] = 0;

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

        for(int j = max(0,i-2); j < i; j++)

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



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

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4168004444704285x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



int N, a[100100], dp[100100];



int f(int n) {

	if (n==1) return 0;

	if (n==2) return abs(a[2] - a[1]);

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

	dp[n] = min(

				f(n-1) + abs(a[n] - a[n-1]),

				f(n-2) + abs(a[n] - a[n-2])

				);

	return dp[n];

}



int main() {

	cin >> N;

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

		cin >> a[i];

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

	cout << f(N) << endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4009595539122055x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long LL;



int arr[100007];

int dp[100007];



int Solve(int idx, int n){

//	cout<<cost<<" "<<idx<<endl;

	if(idx >= n)return 1e9;

	if(idx == n - 1){

		return 0;	

	}

	

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

	

	

	return dp[idx] = min(abs(arr[idx] - arr[idx+1]) + Solve(idx+1, n), abs(arr[idx] - arr[idx+2]) + Solve(idx+2,n));

}



int main(){

	int n; cin>>n;

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

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

		

	cout<<Solve(0,n)<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4015556889543415x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int dp[100005];

int H[100005];

void memo(int i,int n)

{

	if(i==n) return;

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

	memo(i+1,n);

}

int main()

{

	int N;cin>>N;

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

	{

        cin>>H[i];

	}

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

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

	memo(2,N);

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

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4008500071321353x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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



using namespace std;



int dp[(int)1e5+5];

int main()

{



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







    fill(dp, dp+(int)1e5+5 , INT_MAX );



    dp[1] = 0;

    int n;

    cin>>n;

    vector <int> v(n+3,0);

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



        cin>>v[i];



    }

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



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

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



    }

    cout<<dp[n]<<"\n";

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.419988685961048x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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



using namespace std;



#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)

#define DB( x ) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl;

#define sz(s) ((int)((s).size()))

#define endl '\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<ll, ll> pii;

typedef pair<int, pii> tri;

typedef vector <vector <ll>> matrix;

typedef pair<string, string> pss;



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

const int MAX = (int)1e6 + 100;



const ll oo = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;



ll dp[MAX], a[MAX];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);



    memset(dp, oo, sizeof(dp));



    int n; cin >> n;



    dp[1] = 0;



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

        cin >> a[i];

    }



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

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

        if(i - 2 >= 1){

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

        }

    }



    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.41228730737196x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

}
// Slower C++ solution:
/*|In The Name Of Allah|*/



#include <bits/stdc++.h>



using namespace std;



const int N = 1e5+5;



int n;

int h[N];

int mem[N];



int go(int idx){

    if(idx >= n)

        return 0;

    if(mem[idx] != -1)

        return mem[idx];

    int best = 1e9;

    if(idx + 1 <= n)

        best = go(idx + 1) + abs(h[idx] - h[idx + 1]);

    if(idx + 2 <= n)

        best = min(best , go(idx + 2)  + abs(h[idx] - h[idx + 2]));

    return mem[idx] = best;

}



int main(){

    scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

    }

    memset(mem , -1 , sizeof mem);

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

}

//1 2 3


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3884514499520881x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define vi vector<int>

#define ppii pair<pii>



using namespace std;

const int maxn=1e5+5;



int n;

vi arr;

int dp[maxn];



int dfs(int pos)

{

    if(pos==n){return 0;}



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



    int ans=(1<<29);



    if(pos<n)

        ans=min(ans,dfs(pos+1) + abs(arr[pos]-arr[pos+1]));

    if(pos<n-1)

        ans=min(ans,dfs(pos+2) + abs(arr[pos]-arr[pos+2]));

    dp[pos]=ans;



    return ans;

}



int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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



    cin>>n;



    arr=vi(n+1);



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

        cin>>arr[i];



    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);



    cout<<dfs(1);



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4150534327592867x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#include <queue>

typedef long long ll;



using namespace std;



const int N=1e5+5;





int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

    cout.tie(NULL);

   int n,k=2;

   cin>>n;

   int arr[N]={},dp[N]={};

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

    cin>>arr[i];

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

   dp[0]=0;

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

   {



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

     {

         if(i-j>=0)

         {

             if(dp[i]==-1)

             {

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

             }

             else

             {

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





             }





         }



     }









   }

   cout<<dp[n-1];



   return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8628098454322852x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



typedef long long ll;

#define mp make_pair

#define f first

#define s second

#define pb push_back



const int inf = 1e7;

const int N  = 1e5 + 5;



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

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



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



int solve(int idx) {



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



  int &ret = dp[idx];



  if(ret!=-1) return ret;



  ret = solve(idx+1) + abs(h[idx]-h[idx+1]);



  if(idx!=n-2)

    ret = min(ret,solve(idx+2) + abs(h[idx]-h[idx+2]));



  return ret;



}



int main() {



    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(0);



    cin >> n;



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



      cin >> h[i];



    }



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



    cout << solve(0) << endl;



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.414056906103467x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;



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: 1.4007406699389775x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

using namespace std;

int a,b,c,d,dp[100000],cost[100000],weight[100];



void func(int a)

{

    dp[1]=0;

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

    for(int i=3; i<=a; i++)

    {

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

    }

}



int main()

{

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

    cin>>a;

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

    {

        cin>>cost[i];

    }

    func(a);

    cout<<dp[a]<<endl;

    //cout<<nCr(a,b)<<endl;



}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.396057047322054x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#define F first

#define S second

#define T second.first

#define C second.second

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

typedef pair<int,pair<int,int>> piii;



const int N= 1e5+5, L = 14, OO = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const ll M=10 ;

const double ESP = 1e-8;



int n;

int A[N], dp[N];

int main(){

    FIO

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

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

    cin>>n;

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

    memset(dp, OO, sizeof dp);

    dp[0] = 0;

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

        if(i+1<n){

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

        }

        if(i+2<n){

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

        }

    }

    cout<<dp[n-1];



}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4130488199233062x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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



using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef double dd;

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

#define endl "\n"

#define clr(n, r) memset(n,r,sizeof(n));



void fast() {



    cin.tie(0);

    cin.sync_with_stdio(0);

}



const int N = 1e5 + 9;

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



int sol(int i){

    if(i<0) return 1e9;

    if(i==0) return 0;



    if(~dp[i]) return dp[i];



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

}





int main() {



    cin >> n;



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



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);



    cout << sol(n - 1);

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3989363388942133x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

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

#include <ext/numeric>



using namespace std;

using namespace __gnu_cxx;



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

#define endl "\n"

#define pb push_back

#define F first

#define S second

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

#define isOdd(n)    (n&1)

#define LLMAX LLONG_MAX

#define LLMIN LLONG_MIN

#define IMN INT_MIN

#define IMX INT_MAX

#define pow(n, m) power((ll)n, (ll)m)

#define numOfDigits(n)  ((n)? (ll)(log10(n)+1) : 1)

#define mem(x, val)    memset(x, val, sizeof(x))



typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef double dd;

typedef string str;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;





vector<int> v;

int dp[(int)1e5];

int n;

int jump(int i){

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

    if(i>=n) return 1e9;



    int &ret = dp[i];



    if(~ret) return ret;



    int cnt = 0;

    if(i+1<n) cnt = abs(v[i] - v[i+1]) + jump(i+1);

    if(i+2<n) cnt = min(cnt, abs(v[i] - v[i+2]) + jump(i+2));



    return ret = cnt;

}

int main()

{

    THINK_TWICE_CODE_ONCE

    //freopen("test cases\\.txt", "r", stdin) ;

    cin>>n;

    v.resize(n);

    for(int &i: v) cin>>i;

    mem(dp, -1);

    cout<<jump(0);

    return 0;

}










// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4151160401319385x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



const int maxn = 100050;

int a[100050];

int dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	int n;

	cin>>n;

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

	    cin>>a[i];

	

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

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

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

	

	cout<<dp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

}