// Slower C++ solution:
/*

				" اللهم صلي و سلم علي سيدنا محمد و علي اله وصحبه اجمعين "

*/





#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#define f for

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define endl "\n"

using namespace std;

#define BI  acos(-1)

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

void Open()

{

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

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

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

#endif

}

ll gcd(ll a, ll b)

{

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

}

void madesetprobblem()

{

	//$ $

	//less than or equal => $ 1 \leq 100 $

	//  $(1 \le A,B \le 10^5 )$

	// a[i] => $a_i$

	// a[i][j] => $a_{i,j}$

	// double qoutes ''yext''

	/*

		image

		\begine{center}

		\includegraphics{image.jpg}

		\end{center}

	*/

	/*

		list

		\begin{itemize}

			\item first one

			\item second one

		\end{itemize}

	*/

}

int n;

vector<int>a(1e5 + 2),dp(1e5+2,-1);

int ans(int c = 0)

{

	if (c == n-1)

		return 0;

	int ans1 = INT_MAX, ans2 = INT_MAX;

	if (dp[c] != -1)

		ans1 = dp[c];

	else

	{

		if (c + 1 < n)

			ans1 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 1]) + ans(c + 1));

		if (c + 2 < n)

			ans2 = (abs(a[c] - a[c + 2]) + ans(c + 2));

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

	}

	//cout <<c<<" "<< ans1 << " " << ans2 << endl;

	return min(ans1,ans2);

}

int main()

{

	// توكلت علي الله 

//Open();

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	cin >> n;

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

	{

		cin >> a[i];

	}

	cout << ans();

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8093895322328994x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>



#define cn count

#define pb push_back

#define in insert

#define fs first

#define sc second

#define sz size

#define len length

#define forn(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

#define forni(i, n) for (ll i = 1; i < (ll) (n); ++i)

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



using namespace std;

using ll = long long;

const ll inf = 1e9+7; 

const double PI =  3.141592653589793;



int main(){

	IO;

	ll n;

	cin>>n;

	ll dp[n],h[n];

	dp[0]=0;

	forn(i,n){

		cin>>h[i];

	}

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}





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