stablegradients/pie-gem5-pairs huggingface dataset:
// 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: 1.7979340578899292x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// 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: 1.4229964935272243x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// 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: 1.4182254326803394x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// 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: 1.394269487114346x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// 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: 1.4049420507175043x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// 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: 1.3939262508407682x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

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

#include <bitset>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

#define mod 1000000009



// يلعن ابو الي يعقدها على نفسه تاني



int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);    cin.tie(NULL);



    ll n; cin >> n;

    ll arr[100005];

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

        cin >> arr[i];

    }

    if(n == 2){

        cout << abs(arr[1]-arr[0]);

    }else{

        ll sol[100005] = {};

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

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

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

        }









        cout << sol[n-1];

    }















    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.6140304271410855x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

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

 

using namespace std;

 

#define sf(n) scanf("%d", &n)

#define pd(n) printf("%.12lf", n)

#define pf(n) printf("%d", n)

#define p() printf("\n")

#define ps() printf(" ")

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define MAX 1e9

const int mod = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 + 7;

#define ex 1e18

#define dbl 2e09

#define qu(q) queue<int> q

#define pqu(q) priority_queue<int> q

#define len(s) s.length()

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

#define pb(x) push_back(x)

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

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

#define F first

#define S second

#define clr(x) x.clear()

#define LOG(x) std::cout << x << std::endl;

 

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const ll LL_INF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;

const double PI = 3.14159265359;

 

int dx[6] = {-1,-1,0,0,1,1};

int dy[6] = {-1,0,-1,1,0,1};



int a[100005];

int dp[100005];

int n;

int solve(int idx){

    if(idx==(n-1))

        return 0;

    if(idx>=n)

        return INF;

    int &ret = dp[idx];

    if(~ret)

        return ret;

    ret = INF;

    ret=min(ret,solve(idx+1)+abs(a[idx+1]-a[idx]));

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

    return ret;

}







int main(){



    cin>>n;

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

        cin>>a[i];

    }

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

    cout<<solve(0)<<endl;

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4066616891685673x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

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

using namespace std;

int abssub(int a,int b){

	if(a>b)return a-b;

	return b-a;

}

int main(){

	int n,h[100001],bp[100001]={0};

	cin>>n; 

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

		cin>>h[i];

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

		if(i==2)bp[i]=bp[i-1]+abssub(h[i],h[i-1]);

		else{

			bp[i]=min(bp[i-1]+abssub(h[i],h[i-1]),bp[i-2]+abssub(h[i],h[i-2]));

		}

	}

	cout<<bp[n]<<endl;

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.41791462444066x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

}
// Slower C++ solution:
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include<iostream>

#include<algorithm>

#include<iomanip>

#include<string>

#include<cmath>

#include<vector>

#include<set>

#include<queue>

#include<stack>

#include<fstream>

#include<map>

#include<bitset>

#include<unordered_map>

#include<cstring>

#include<cctype>

using namespace std;

#define  ll long long

#define  ull unsigned long long

#define  ul unsigned long

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

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

#define pb(s) push_back(s);

#define format(n) fixed<<setprecision(n)

#define finl "\n"

#define Mohammed_Atef_Hassan fast();

#define mod 1000000007

#define INF LLONG_MAX

#define PI acos(-1)

#define clr(dp,n) memset(dp,n,sizeof dp)

#define ex(n) return cout<<n<<finl,0;

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

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

ll fix_mod(ll x, ll y)

{

	return (y + x % y) % y;

}

void fast() {

	std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(nullptr); cout.tie(nullptr);





}

int n;

vector<ll>v;

ll mem[(int)1e5 + 10];

ll solve(int i)

{

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

	ll& ret = mem[i];

	if (~ret)return ret;

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

	if (i + 2 < n)

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

	return ret;

}

int main()

{

	Mohammed_Atef_Hassan

		clr(mem, -1);

		cin >> n;

	v = vector<ll>(n);

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

	ex(solve(0));

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8294697892045828x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



int n, h[100000], dp[100000];



int main(){

	scanf("%d", &n);

	for (int i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d", &h[i]);

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

	printf("%d\n", dp[n-1]);

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



using namespace std;





int main()

{

	int n;

	cin >> n;



	vector<int> h(n), dp(n, 1 << 30);    



	for(int &x : h)

		cin >> x;



	dp[0] = 0;

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

	{

		for(int j = 1; j <= min(i, 2); j++)

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

	}



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



}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.240818994888388x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

#include <vector>

#include <algorithm>

#include <numeric>

#include <cmath>

#include <set>

#include <tuple>

#include <functional>

#include <map>

#include <unordered_map>

#include <queue>

#include <tuple>



using namespace std;



#define endl '\n'



using ull = unsigned long int;

using ll = long long;



int main() {

  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

  cin.tie(nullptr);

  const int precision = 13;

  cout.precision(precision);

  cout.setf(ios_base::fixed);



  int n; cin >> n;

  vector<ll> s(3), dp(3);



  cin >> s[1];

  cin >> s[2];



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



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

    cin >> s[i%3];

    dp[i%3] = min(dp[(i-1)%3] + abs(s[(i-1)%3] - s[i%3]), dp[(i-2)%3] + abs(s[i%3] - s[(i-2)%3]));

  }



  cout << dp[n%3] << endl;



  return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.357523809837065x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

using namespace std;

#define INF 100005

#define maxx 1000000000000



int n;

long long a[INF+5];

long long mem[INF];



long long rec(int pos)

{

    if(pos==n-1)

    {

        return 0;

    }

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

    long long tot=maxx;

    long long left=abs(a[pos]-a[pos+1]);

    long long right=abs(a[pos]-a[pos+2]);

    if(pos+1<n)

    {

        tot=min(tot,left+rec(pos+1));

    }

    if(pos+2<n)

    {

        tot=min(tot,right+rec(pos+2));

    }

    return mem[pos]=tot;

}



int main()

{

    memset(a,0,sizeof(a));

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

    scanf("%d",&n);

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

    {

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

    }

    long long ans=rec(0);

    printf("%lld\n",ans);

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 13.55027031873055x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

}
// Slower C++ solution:
// Created by ahmed_drawy on 10/09/19.

///dp educational contest atcoder - vjudge

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <string.h>

#pragma clang diagnostic push

#pragma ide diagnostic ignored "OCUnusedMacroInspection"

using namespace std;

#define lp(i,start , end)       for(int i = start ; i<end ; ++i)

#define lllp(i,start , end)       for(ll i = start ; i<end ; ++i)

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

#define Rlp(i,start , end)      for(int i = start ; i>end ; --i)

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

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

#define clr(v,d)                memset(v , d , sizeof(v))

#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f

//#define dbg (v)    for(auto it : v)cout<<it<<' ';

typedef long long               ll;

typedef vector<int>             vi;

typedef vector  <ll>            vll;

typedef vector<vector<int> >    adj;

typedef pair<int ,int>          pii;

const double EPS =1e-7;

const int OO = 1e6;

#define endl '\n'

#define cint(c) (int)c -'0';

#define itc(c) (char)c +'A';

bool sortpair( const pair<int , int> & x, const pair<int , int> & y){

    return  x.first != y.first ? x.first < y.first : x.second > y.second ;

}

int dcomp(double x , double y){

    return fabs(x-y) <= EPS? 0: x>y?1:-1;

}



void smile() {

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

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

//    freopen("/home/tw3/Desktop/Desktop/training/in.txt", "r", stdin);

//    freopen("/home/tw3/Desktop/Desktop/training/out.txt" , "w" , stdout);

#endif

}

#define fastin smile()



int n ;

const int N = 1e5 +3;

ll dp[N];

int h[N];

//ll solve(int indx , int state){

//    if(indx == n-1 )return 0 ;

//    ll &ret = dp[indx  ] [ state];

//    if(~ret )

//        return ret;

//    ret=  INT_MAX;

//    for (int i = 1; i <=2 && i+indx < n ; ++i) {

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

//    }

//    return ret ;

//}

int main() {

    fastin;

    cin >> n;

    inN(h,  n );

    clr(dp , 0);

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

        if(j>=2){

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

        }

        else if(j ==1){

            dp[j] = abs(h[j] - h[j-1])+dp[j-1];

        }

    }

    cout << dp[n-1];

//

//    clr(dp , -1);

//    cout << solve(0, 1)<<endl;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 9.495074163439782x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

using namespace std;

typedef long long int ll;

const int MAX=1e5+10;

int N,A[MAX],dp[MAX];

int solve(int idx)

{

    if(idx==N)return 0;

    if(idx>N)return 1e9;

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

    return dp[idx]=min(abs(A[idx+1]-A[idx])+solve(idx+1),abs(A[idx+2]-A[idx])+solve(idx+2));

}

int  main ()

{

    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);

    cin >> N;

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

        cin >> A[i];

    }

    cout<<solve(1)<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 7.302908829169282x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

#include <cstdint>

#include <cinttypes>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cstring>



using i32 = std::int_fast32_t;

using i64 = std::int_fast64_t;



inline i32 diff(i32 x, i32 y) {

	return x > y ? x - y : y - x;

}



const int MaxN = 100001;



i32 A[MaxN], dp[MaxN];



signed main(signed argc, char **argv) {

	i32 n;

	scanf("%" SCNdFAST32, &n);



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

		scanf("%" SCNdFAST32, A + i);

	}



	memset(dp, 0x3f, sizeof dp);



	dp[0] = 0;

	dp[1] = diff(A[0], A[1]);

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

		dp[i] = std::min(dp[i - 1] + diff(A[i], A[i - 1]), dp[i - 2] + diff(A[i], A[i - 2]));

	}



	printf("%" SCNdFAST32, dp[n - 1]);

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.178739196854792x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include <vector>

#include <algorithm>

#include <sstream>

#include <queue>

#include <deque>

#include <bitset>

#include <iterator>

#include <list>

#include <stack>

#include <map>

#include <set>

#include <functional>

#include <numeric>

#include <utility>



#include <cmath>

#include <iomanip>



using namespace std;



int main()

{

  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

  cin.tie(0);

  int n;

  cin >> n;

  int h[n];

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

    int cur;

    cin >> cur;

    h[i] = cur;

  }

  int minCosts[n];

  minCosts[0] = 0;

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

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

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

  }

  cout << minCosts[n-1] << "\n";

  return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.305576179762627x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

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

#define LL long long

using namespace std;



//int cnt[26],cnt1[26];

int dp[100005];

int main(){

	int n;

	cin>>n;

	int ar[n];

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

		cin>>ar[i];

	}

	dp[0]=0;

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

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

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

	}

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

	return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.231655943273781x):
#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <stdlib.h>



int min(int a, int b)

{

    return a < b ? a : b;

}

int main()

{

    int n;

    scanf("%d", &n);

    int a[n];

    int dp[n];

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

    {

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

    }

    dp[0] = 0;

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

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

    {

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

    }

    printf("%d\n", dp[n - 1]);

}