// Slower C++ solution:


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#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#include <ext/rope>



#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE

#define _CRT_DISABLE_PERFCRIT_LOCKS



#define findOrder find_by_order

#define orderKey order_of_key



#define isOn(mask, i) (mask & (1 << i))

#define turn(mask, i) (mask |= (1 << i))

#define switch(mask, i) (mask &= ~(1 << i))

#define change(mask, i) (mask ^= (1 << i))

#define lowbit(mask) (mask & (-mask))

#define turnAll(mask, n) (mask = (1 << n) - 1)

#define switchLastBit(mask) (mask & (mask - 1))

#define turnLastZero(mask) (mask | (mask + 1))

#define modulo(x, mod) ((x) & (mod - 1))

#define log2(x) (31 - __builtin_clz(x))



#define mkp make_pair

#define pb push_back

#define pf push_front

#define eb emplace_back

#define ef emplace_front

#define ins insert

#define rsz resize

#define f first

#define s second

#define lb lower_bound

#define ub upper_bound



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

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

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



#define debug(x) (cerr << x << " ")



using namespace std;

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace __gnu_cxx;



typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef unsigned long long ull;



typedef pair<int, int> ii;

typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;

typedef pair<ld,ld> pdb;

typedef pair<int, ii> tri;

typedef complex<ld> cd;



typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ld> vdb;

typedef vector<cd> vcd;

typedef vector<ll> vll;

typedef vector<string> vs;

typedef vector<vll> matrix;



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



const ll mod = 1e9+7;

const int maxn = 2e5+2;

const int pi = 2 * acos(0.0);

const db eps = 1e-9;



ll arr[maxn], dp[maxn];



int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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



    int n; cin >> n;



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

        cin >> arr[i];

    }



    memset(dp, 63, sizeof dp);



    dp[1] = 0;

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

        if (i <= 2){

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

        }

        else{

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

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

        }

    }



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



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.586586245844498x):
    #include <bits/stdc++.h>

     

    using namespace std;

     

    void __print(int x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long x) {

       cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long long x) {

       cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned long x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(unsigned long long x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(float x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(double x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(long double x) {

        cerr << x;

    }

    void __print(char x) {

        cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';

    }

    void __print(const char *x) {

        cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';

    }

    void __print(const string &x) {

        cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';

    }

    void __print(bool x) {

        cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");

    }

     

    template<typename T, typename V>

    void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {

        cerr << '{'; 

        __print(x.first); cerr << ','; 

       __print(x.second); cerr << '}';

    }

    template<typename T>

    void __print(const T &x) {

        int f = 0; cerr << '{'; 

        for (auto &i: x) 

            cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); 

        cerr << "}";

    }

    void _print() {

        cerr << "]\n";

    }

    template <typename T, typename... V>

    void _print(T t, V... v) {

        __print(t); 

        if (sizeof...(v)) 

            cerr << ", "; _print(v...);

    }

     

    #ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

    #define debug(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)

    #else

    #define debug(x...)

    #endif

     

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

    #define forw(i, w) for(int i = n; i >= 0; i--)

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

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

    #define read(v) for(auto &i:v) cin >> i;

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

     

    typedef long long ll;

    typedef vector<int> vi;

    typedef vector<double> vd;

    typedef pair<int, int> pii;

     

    int n, k;

    vi arr, dp;

     

    int main(){

    	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

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

    	

    	cin >> n;

    	k=2;

    	arr.assign(n, 0);

    	dp.assign(n, 999999999);

    	dp[0] = 0;

    	read(arr);

     

    	forn(i, n)

    		for(int j = i+1; j < n && j < i+k+1; j++)

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

     

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

    	return 0;

    }