stablegradients/pie-gem5-pairs huggingface dataset:
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<iostream>

#include<cstdio>

#include<string>

#include<cstring>

#include<algorithm>

#include<queue>

#include<stack>

#include<map>

#include<vector>

#include<set>

#include<list>

#define ll long long

using namespace std;

ll h[200050],dp[200050];

int main()

{

	ll n;

	cin>>n;

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

		cin>>h[i];

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

	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: 2.5753764445415843x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

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



using namespace std;

const int maxn = 2e5+2;

const int mod = 1e9+7;

const int inf = 1e9;



typedef long long ll;



int n;

int arr[maxn], dp[maxn];



int solve_dp (int pos){

    if (pos > n) return inf;

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



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



    int ans = inf;

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

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



    return dp[pos] = ans;

}



int main(){



    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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



    cin >> n;



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

        cin >> arr[i];

    }



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);



    cout << solve_dp(0) << "\n";



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7969590706958911x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#pragma GCC optimize ("O3")

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define abdelrahman010 ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);

typedef long long ll;

using namespace std;

ll n , arr[100005] , memo[100005];

ll solve(ll i)

{

	if(i == n - 1)

		return 0;

	ll &ans = memo[i];

	if(~ans)

		return ans;

	ans = abs(arr[i] - arr[i + 1]) + solve(i + 1);

	if(i < n - 2)

		ans = min(ans , abs(arr[i] - arr[i + 2]) + solve(i + 2));

	return ans;

}

int main()

{

	abdelrahman010

	cin >> n;

	memset(memo , -1 , sizeof memo);

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

		cin >> arr[i];

	cout << solve(0);

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7940281475492756x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

            *p = *p * 10 + ch - '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;

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: 1.3844867064875752x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#include<iostream>

#include<stdio.h>

#include<cstring>

#include<cmath>

#include<algorithm>

using namespace std;

#define maxn 100005

int dp[maxn];

int h[maxn];

int n;

int main(){

    scanf("%d",&n);

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

    memset(h,0,sizeof(h));

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

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

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

        if(i-1>=1&&i-2>=1)

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

        else if(i-1>=1) dp[i] = dp[i-1]+abs(h[i]-h[i-1]);

        else if(i-2>=1) dp[i] = dp[i-2]+abs(h[i]-h[i-2]);

    }

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

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.769349672670823x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

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



using namespace std;

int v[100010];

int memo[100010];

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()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    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: 1.4003730387025484x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

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

using namespace std;

#define Me3za() ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cout.tie(0);cin.tie(0);srand(time(NULL))

#define endl "\n"

int n;

int arr[100005];

int mem[100005];

long long solve(int i,int cur){

if(i>=n)return 1e9;

//cout<<i<<" "<<cur<<endl;

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

long long ch1=solve(i+1,arr[i+1])+abs(cur-arr[i+1]);

long long ch2=0;

if(i+2<=n)ch2=solve(i+2,arr[i+2])+abs(cur-arr[i+2]);

return mem[i]=min(ch1,ch2);

}

int main() {

Me3za();

cin>>n;

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

    cin>>arr[i];

}

memset(mem,-1,sizeof mem);

cout<<solve(0,arr[0]);

}




// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3956778303823747x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

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

using namespace std;



int const N=1e5+5, M=1e9+7, OO = 0x3f3f3f3f;



int n;

int arr[N];



int mem[N];

int solve(int i)

{

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

    if(mem[i]!=-1)

        return mem[i];

    int op1=solve(i+1)+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1]);

    int op2=(i<=n-3) ? solve(i+2)+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2]) : OO;

    return mem[i]=min(op1,op2);

}





int main()

{

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

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

    scanf("%d",&n);

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

        scanf("%d",arr+i);

    memset(mem, -1, sizeof mem);

    printf("%d\n",solve(0));



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3721027474922625x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

            *p = *p * 10 + ch - '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 == n - 1)  return 0;

    if(i == n)  return 1e9;



    int &ret = dp[i];

    if(~ret)    return ret;



    return ret = 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(0);

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.382605633754937x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

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



using namespace std;



const int N=1e5;

int n;

int arr[N];

int mem[N];



int solve(int i){

    if(i==n-1)

        return 0;

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

    int op1=solve(i+1)+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1]);

    int op2=i+2<=n-1?solve(i+2)+abs(arr[i]-arr[i+2]):1000000000;

    return mem[i]=min(op1,op2);

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d",&n);

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

        scanf("%d",arr+i);

    memset(mem,-1,sizeof mem);

    printf("%d",solve(0));

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3717649681473312x):
#include <iostream>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstring>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cmath>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <vector>

#define rep(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<n;i++)

#define repd(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<=n;i++)

#define pii pair<int,int>

#define pll pair<long long ,long long>

#define gbtb ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0)

#define MS0(X) memset((X), 0, sizeof((X)))

#define MSC0(X) memset((X), '\0', sizeof((X)))

#define pb push_back

#define mp make_pair

#define fi first

#define se second

#define gg(x) getInt(&x)

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

inline void getInt(int* p);

const int maxn=1000010;

const int inf=0x3f3f3f3f;

/*** TEMPLATE CODE * * STARTS HERE ***/

ll n;

ll dp[maxn];

ll a[maxn];

int main()

{

    gbtb;

    cin>>n;

    repd(i,1,n)

    {

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    dp[1]=0;

    dp[0]=0;

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

    repd(i,3,n)

    {

        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;

}



inline void getInt(int* p) {

    char ch;

    do {

        ch = getchar();

    } while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\n');

    if (ch == '-') {

        *p = -(getchar() - '0');

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

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

        }

    }

    else {

        *p = ch - '0';

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

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

        }

    }

}