// Slower C++ solution:
#include<set>

#include<map>

#include<cmath>

#include<ctime>

#include<queue>

#include<stack>

#include<cstdio>

#include<string>

#include<vector>

#include<random>

#include<cstdlib>

#include<cstring>

#include<iomanip>

#include<iostream>

#include<algorithm>

#include<unordered_map>

#define endl "\n"

#define fi first

#define se second

#define db double

#define gcd __gcd

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define lowbit(x) (x & (-x))

#define PII  pair<int, int> 

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

#define debug(x) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl

#define rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(b) i = a; i <= (b); i++)

#define Rep(i, a, b) for(__typeof(a) i = a; i >= (b); i--)

#define FAST ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)

template<class T> inline T qmin(T a, T b) { return a < b ? a : b; }

template<class T> inline T qmax(T a, T b) { return a > b ? a : b; }

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

const db eps = 1e-9;

const db PI = acos(-1);

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

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

const int maxn = (int)1e5 + 5;//remember to modify it, No RE or MLE

const ll INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;

using namespace std;

ll qpow(ll x, ll y) { ll ret = 1; for( ; y; y >>= 1, x = (x * x) % mod) if(y & 1) ret = (ret * x) % mod; return ret; }



inline int read(){

	char ch = getchar();

	int x = 0, f = 1;

	while(ch < '0' || ch > '9'){

		if(ch == '-') f = -1;

		ch = getchar();

	}

	while('0' <= ch && ch <= '9'){

		x = x * 10 + ch - '0';

		ch = getchar();

	}

	return x * f;

}



int n;

int h[maxn], dp[maxn];



int main()

{

	n = read();

	rep(i, 1, n) h[i] = read();

	memset(dp, 0x3f, sizeof dp);

	dp[1] = 0;

	rep(i, 1, n){

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3538415240300155x):
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include<unordered_map>

using namespace std;

//<DEFINE>

void Fast() {

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);

}

void File() {

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

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

	freopen("Output.txt", "w", stdout);

#endif

}

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define mod 1000000007

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {

	return!b ? a : gcd(b, a % b);

}

#define fix(n) cout << fixed << setprecision(n);

#define numOfOnes(n) __builtin_popcount(n)

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

#define skip continue

#define stop(n) return cout<<n,0

#define pi  acos(-1)

#define endl "\n"

#define ceil(x,y) (x+y-1)/y

//</DEFINE>



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int n;

vector<int>v;

int res[100001];

//<FUNCTIONS>

ll solve(int idx = 0) {

	ll res1, res2;

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

	if (~(res[idx]))return res[idx];

	res1 = 1e18;

	if (idx + 2 < n)res1 = solve(idx + 2) + abs(v[idx] - v[idx+2]);

	res2 = solve(idx + 1) + abs(v[idx] - v[idx+1]);

	return res[idx] = min(res1, res2);

}

//</FUNCTIONS>		

int main() {

	Fast();

	cin >> n;

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

		res[i] = -1;

	v.resize(n);

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

	cout << solve()<<endl;

}