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

#include <cmath>

#include <cstring>

using namespace std;



int n;

int ht[100010];

int eg[100010];//eg[i] 代表到达i点消耗的最少能量 

int main(){

	cin>>n;

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

		cin>>ht[i];

		

	}//读取完毕

	memset(eg, 0, sizeof(eg));

	eg[2] = abs(ht[2]- ht[1]);

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

		int t1 = abs(ht[i] - ht[i-1]);

		int t2 = abs(ht[i] - ht[i-2]);

		eg[i] = min(eg[i-1]+t1, eg[i-2]+t2); 

	}

	cout<<eg[n]<<endl;

		

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4005974909479433x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef		long long       ll;

typedef         long double      dl;

typedef     unsigned long long  ull;

#define		pb              push_back

#define		PB              pop_back

#define		nn              "\n"

#define     O_O             ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL)

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

#define		zz(v)           (ll)v.size()

#define		ss              ' '

#define	       MEM(a,b)         memset(a,(b),sizeof(a))

#define	       CLR(p)           memset(p,0,sizeof(p))

#define f0(i,b) for(int i=0;i<(b);i++)

#define f1(i,b) for(int i=1;i<=(b);i++)

#define f2(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);i++)

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

#define rep(i,a,b,c) for(int i=(a);i!=(b);i+=(c))

#define         arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))

//#define       arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a))

#define 	S(a)            scanf("%lld",&a)

#define 	SS(a,b)         scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define 	SSS(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define		gcd(a,b)        __gcd(a,b)

#define		lcm(a,b)        (a*b)/gcd(a,b)

#define		pi              acos(-1.0)

#define	       ff               first

#define	       sc              second

typedef        pair <int, int>   pii;

typedef       pair <ll, ll>      pll;

typedef      vector< pair <ll, ll> >      vpll;

typedef		vector<ll>      vll;

typedef		map<string,ll>      msl;

typedef		map<ll,ll>      mll;

#define yes cout << "YES\n"

#define no cout<<"NO\n"

//memset(ar,-1,sizeof(ar));

//#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())

//sort(a,a+n,greater<ll>())

//for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it){}

// string x(w.size(),'1');

#define MAX 1000005

#define precision(a) fixed << setprecision(a)



#define mod 1000000007



ll ar[MAX],ans[MAX];



int main()

{

 //O_O ;

   ll n;

   cin>>n;

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

    cin>>ar[i];

   ans[n]=0,

   ans[n-1]=abs(ar[n-1]-ar[n]);

   for(ll i=n-2;i>=1;i--)

   {

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

      // cout<<<<ss<<i<<nn;

       // cout<<(abs(ar[i]-ar[i+2])+ans[i+2])<<ss<<i<<nn;



   }

  // for(ll i=1;i<=n;i++)

   // cout<<ans[i]<<ss;cout<<nn;

   cout<<ans[1]<<nn;



    return 0;

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

    

using namespace std;

vector<long long >dp(100001,-1);

vector<long long>num;

long long  erg(int n){

	if(dp[n]!=-1){

		return dp[n];

	}

	if(n<0){

		return 2000000000000;

	}

	if(n==0){

		return 0;

	}

	long long cmp1=max(num[n],num[n-1])-min(num[n],num[n-1]),cmp2=max(num[n],num[n-2])-min(num[n],num[n-2]);

	dp[n]= min(erg(n-1)+cmp1,erg(n-2)+cmp2);

	return dp[n];

}

int main() {

	int menge,numm;

	cin>>menge;

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

		cin>>numm;

		num.push_back(numm);

	}

cout<<erg(menge-1);

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8124049589025701x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef		long long       ll;

typedef         long double      dl;

typedef     unsigned long long  ull;

#define		pb              push_back

#define		PB              pop_back

#define		nn              "\n"

#define     O_O             ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL)

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

#define		zz(v)           (ll)v.size()

#define		ss              ' '

#define	       MEM(a,b)         memset(a,(b),sizeof(a))

#define	       CLR(p)           memset(p,0,sizeof(p))

#define f0(i,b) for(int i=0;i<(b);i++)

#define f1(i,b) for(int i=1;i<=(b);i++)

#define f2(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);i++)

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

#define rep(i,a,b,c) for(int i=(a);i!=(b);i+=(c))

#define         arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))

//#define       arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a))

#define 	S(a)            scanf("%lld",&a)

#define 	SS(a,b)         scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define 	SSS(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define		gcd(a,b)        __gcd(a,b)

#define		lcm(a,b)        (a*b)/gcd(a,b)

#define		pi              acos(-1.0)

#define	       ff               first

#define	       sc              second

typedef        pair <int, int>   pii;

typedef       pair <ll, ll>      pll;

typedef      vector< pair <ll, ll> >      vpll;

typedef		vector<ll>      vll;

typedef		map<string,ll>      msl;

typedef		map<ll,ll>      mll;

#define yes cout << "YES\n"

#define no cout<<"NO\n"

//memset(ar,-1,sizeof(ar));

//#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())

//sort(a,a+n,greater<ll>())

//for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it){}

// string x(w.size(),'1');

#define MAX 1000005

#define precision(a) fixed << setprecision(a)



#define mod 1000000007



ll ar[MAX],ans[MAX];



int main()

{

 //O_O ;

   ll n;

   cin>>n;

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

    cin>>ar[i];

   ans[n]=0,

   ans[n-1]=abs(ar[n-1]-ar[n]);

   for(ll i=n-2;i>=1;i--)

   {

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

      // cout<<<<ss<<i<<nn;

       // cout<<(abs(ar[i]-ar[i+2])+ans[i+2])<<ss<<i<<nn;



   }

  // for(ll i=1;i<=n;i++)

   // cout<<ans[i]<<ss;cout<<nn;

   cout<<ans[1]<<nn;



    return 0;

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

#define ll long long

using namespace std;



ll n;

std::vector<ll> ara(100010);

ll dp[100010];



ll fnc(ll i){

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

  if(i == n)return 1<<30;

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

  ll res1 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+1]) + fnc(i+1);

  ll res2 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+2]) + fnc(i+2);

  dp[i] = min(res1,res2);

  return min(res1,res2);

}



int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {

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

  cin >> n;

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

    cin >> ara[i];

  }

  cout << fnc(0) << endl;



  return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.6142104775387405x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef		long long       ll;

typedef         long double      dl;

typedef     unsigned long long  ull;

#define		pb              push_back

#define		PB              pop_back

#define		nn              "\n"

#define     O_O             ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL)

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

#define		zz(v)           (ll)v.size()

#define		ss              ' '

#define	       MEM(a,b)         memset(a,(b),sizeof(a))

#define	       CLR(p)           memset(p,0,sizeof(p))

#define f0(i,b) for(int i=0;i<(b);i++)

#define f1(i,b) for(int i=1;i<=(b);i++)

#define f2(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);i++)

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

#define rep(i,a,b,c) for(int i=(a);i!=(b);i+=(c))

#define         arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))

//#define       arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a))

#define 	S(a)            scanf("%lld",&a)

#define 	SS(a,b)         scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define 	SSS(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define		gcd(a,b)        __gcd(a,b)

#define		lcm(a,b)        (a*b)/gcd(a,b)

#define		pi              acos(-1.0)

#define	       ff               first

#define	       sc              second

typedef        pair <int, int>   pii;

typedef       pair <ll, ll>      pll;

typedef      vector< pair <ll, ll> >      vpll;

typedef		vector<ll>      vll;

typedef		map<string,ll>      msl;

typedef		map<ll,ll>      mll;

#define yes cout << "YES\n"

#define no cout<<"NO\n"

//memset(ar,-1,sizeof(ar));

//#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())

//sort(a,a+n,greater<ll>())

//for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it){}

// string x(w.size(),'1');

#define MAX 1000005

#define precision(a) fixed << setprecision(a)



#define mod 1000000007



ll ar[MAX],ans[MAX];



int main()

{

 //O_O ;

   ll n;

   cin>>n;

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

    cin>>ar[i];

   ans[n]=0,

   ans[n-1]=abs(ar[n-1]-ar[n]);

   for(ll i=n-2;i>=1;i--)

   {

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

      // cout<<<<ss<<i<<nn;

       // cout<<(abs(ar[i]-ar[i+2])+ans[i+2])<<ss<<i<<nn;



   }

  // for(ll i=1;i<=n;i++)

   // cout<<ans[i]<<ss;cout<<nn;

   cout<<ans[1]<<nn;



    return 0;

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

#include<cstring>

#include<algorithm>





using namespace std;



const long long inf= 1e10+ 123;

const int mx=1e5+123;

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



int solve( int i)

{

    if(i==n)

        return 0;



    if(dp[i]!= -1)

        return dp[i];



    int ret1, ret2;

    ret1= abs(h[i]- h[i+1])+ solve(i+1);

    if(i+2<=n)

        ret2= abs(h[i]- h[i+2])+ solve(i+2);

    else

        ret2= inf;

    return dp[i]=min(ret1, ret2);

}



int main()

{

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



    cin>> n;

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

        cin>> h[i];



    cout<< solve(1)<< endl;



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.403921515952239x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef		long long       ll;

typedef         long double      dl;

typedef     unsigned long long  ull;

#define		pb              push_back

#define		PB              pop_back

#define		nn              "\n"

#define     O_O             ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL)

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

#define		zz(v)           (ll)v.size()

#define		ss              ' '

#define	       MEM(a,b)         memset(a,(b),sizeof(a))

#define	       CLR(p)           memset(p,0,sizeof(p))

#define f0(i,b) for(int i=0;i<(b);i++)

#define f1(i,b) for(int i=1;i<=(b);i++)

#define f2(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);i++)

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

#define rep(i,a,b,c) for(int i=(a);i!=(b);i+=(c))

#define         arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))

//#define       arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a))

#define 	S(a)            scanf("%lld",&a)

#define 	SS(a,b)         scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define 	SSS(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define		gcd(a,b)        __gcd(a,b)

#define		lcm(a,b)        (a*b)/gcd(a,b)

#define		pi              acos(-1.0)

#define	       ff               first

#define	       sc              second

typedef        pair <int, int>   pii;

typedef       pair <ll, ll>      pll;

typedef      vector< pair <ll, ll> >      vpll;

typedef		vector<ll>      vll;

typedef		map<string,ll>      msl;

typedef		map<ll,ll>      mll;

#define yes cout << "YES\n"

#define no cout<<"NO\n"

//memset(ar,-1,sizeof(ar));

//#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())

//sort(a,a+n,greater<ll>())

//for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it){}

// string x(w.size(),'1');

#define MAX 1000005

#define precision(a) fixed << setprecision(a)



#define mod 1000000007



ll ar[MAX],ans[MAX];



int main()

{

 //O_O ;

   ll n;

   cin>>n;

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

    cin>>ar[i];

   ans[n]=0,

   ans[n-1]=abs(ar[n-1]-ar[n]);

   for(ll i=n-2;i>=1;i--)

   {

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

      // cout<<<<ss<<i<<nn;

       // cout<<(abs(ar[i]-ar[i+2])+ans[i+2])<<ss<<i<<nn;



   }

  // for(ll i=1;i<=n;i++)

   // cout<<ans[i]<<ss;cout<<nn;

   cout<<ans[1]<<nn;



    return 0;

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

using namespace std;

const int N = 1e5+1;



vector<int> v(N, 0);

vector<int> memo(N, -1);



int cost(int pos, int n){

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

    else if (pos == n) return 0;

    else if (pos == n-1) return (abs(v[n-1] - v[n]));

    else {

        memo[pos] = min(abs(v[pos] - v[pos + 1]) + cost(pos+1, n), abs(v[pos]-v[pos + 2]) + cost(pos+2, n));

        return memo[pos];

    }

}



int main(){

    int n; cin >> n;

    

    for (int i = 1; i!=n+1; i++) cin >> v[i];

    cout << cost(1, n) << endl;



    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.8136745403105403x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef		long long       ll;

typedef         long double      dl;

typedef     unsigned long long  ull;

#define		pb              push_back

#define		PB              pop_back

#define		nn              "\n"

#define     O_O             ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL)

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

#define		zz(v)           (ll)v.size()

#define		ss              ' '

#define	       MEM(a,b)         memset(a,(b),sizeof(a))

#define	       CLR(p)           memset(p,0,sizeof(p))

#define f0(i,b) for(int i=0;i<(b);i++)

#define f1(i,b) for(int i=1;i<=(b);i++)

#define f2(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);i++)

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

#define rep(i,a,b,c) for(int i=(a);i!=(b);i+=(c))

#define         arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))

//#define       arrsize(a)      (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a))

#define 	S(a)            scanf("%lld",&a)

#define 	SS(a,b)         scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b)

#define 	SSS(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c)

#define		gcd(a,b)        __gcd(a,b)

#define		lcm(a,b)        (a*b)/gcd(a,b)

#define		pi              acos(-1.0)

#define	       ff               first

#define	       sc              second

typedef        pair <int, int>   pii;

typedef       pair <ll, ll>      pll;

typedef      vector< pair <ll, ll> >      vpll;

typedef		vector<ll>      vll;

typedef		map<string,ll>      msl;

typedef		map<ll,ll>      mll;

#define yes cout << "YES\n"

#define no cout<<"NO\n"

//memset(ar,-1,sizeof(ar));

//#define sort(x) sort(x.begin(), x.end())

//sort(a,a+n,greater<ll>())

//for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it){}

// string x(w.size(),'1');

#define MAX 1000005

#define precision(a) fixed << setprecision(a)



#define mod 1000000007



ll ar[MAX],ans[MAX];



int main()

{

 //O_O ;

   ll n;

   cin>>n;

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

    cin>>ar[i];

   ans[n]=0,

   ans[n-1]=abs(ar[n-1]-ar[n]);

   for(ll i=n-2;i>=1;i--)

   {

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

      // cout<<<<ss<<i<<nn;

       // cout<<(abs(ar[i]-ar[i+2])+ans[i+2])<<ss<<i<<nn;



   }

  // for(ll i=1;i<=n;i++)

   // cout<<ans[i]<<ss;cout<<nn;

   cout<<ans[1]<<nn;



    return 0;

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



using namespace std;



#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)

#define DB( x ) cout << #x << " = " << x << endl;

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

#define endl '\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<ll, ll> pii;

typedef pair<int, pii> tri;

typedef vector <vector <ll>> matrix;

typedef pair<string, string> pss;



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

const int MAX = (int)1e6 + 100;



const ll oo = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;



ll dp[MAX], a[MAX];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);



    memset(dp, oo, sizeof(dp));



    int n; cin >> n;



    dp[1] = 0;



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

        cin >> a[i];

    }



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

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

        if(i - 2 >= 1){

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

        }

    }



    cout << dp[n] << endl;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.259273317210042x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define N (int)2e5

int n,memo[N],c[N];



int dp(int curr) {

    if (curr == n) return 0;

    if (curr > n) return 1e9;

    int &sol = memo[curr];

    if (sol != -1) return sol;

    sol = min(

        dp(curr + 1) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 1]) ,

        dp(curr + 2) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 2])

    );

    return sol;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

    memset (memo , -1 , sizeof memo);

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

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

#define ll long long

using namespace std;



ll n;

std::vector<ll> ara(100010);

ll dp[100010];



ll fnc(ll i){

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

  if(i == n)return 1<<30;

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

  ll res1 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+1]) + fnc(i+1);

  ll res2 = abs(ara[i]-ara[i+2]) + fnc(i+2);

  dp[i] = min(res1,res2);

  return min(res1,res2);

}



int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {

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

  cin >> n;

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

    cin >> ara[i];

  }

  cout << fnc(0) << endl;



  return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.4607548522374652x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define N (int)2e5

int n,memo[N],c[N];



int dp(int curr) {

    if (curr == n) return 0;

    if (curr > n) return 1e9;

    int &sol = memo[curr];

    if (sol != -1) return sol;

    sol = min(

        dp(curr + 1) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 1]) ,

        dp(curr + 2) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 2])

    );

    return sol;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

    memset (memo , -1 , sizeof memo);

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

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

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;

#define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG

#define debug(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)

	template <typename Arg1>

	void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){

		cerr << name << " : " << arg1 << std::endl;

	}

	template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>

	void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){

		const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ','); cerr.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);

	}

#else

#define debug(...)

#endif

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

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

#define ln 		"\n"

#define mp make_pair

#define pb push_back

#define sz(a)	ll(a.size())

#define F first

#define S second

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

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

#define trace(c,x) for(auto &x:c)

#define pii pair<ll,ll>

#define init(a, x) memset(a,x,sizeof(a))

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef	priority_queue<pii,std::vector<pii>,greater<pii> > revpr;



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

// ordered_set X

//K-th smallest

//*X.find_by_order(k-1)

//NO OF ELEMENTS < A

//X.order_of_key(A)

const int L=1e6+7;

ll n, h[L], dp[L];

ll solve(int i)

{

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

	if(i>=n)return INT_MAX;

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

	ll &ret = dp[i];

	ret = INT_MAX;

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

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

	return ret;

}

void fff()

{

	cin >> n;

	init(dp, -1);

	FOR(i,0,n)cin >> h[i];

	cout<<solve(0)<<ln;

}

int main()

{

	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin.tie(NULL);

	cout.tie(NULL);

	//int t;cin >> t;while(t--)

	fff();

	return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 5.257771968938315x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define N (int)2e5

int n,memo[N],c[N];



int dp(int curr) {

    if (curr == n) return 0;

    if (curr > n) return 1e9;

    int &sol = memo[curr];

    if (sol != -1) return sol;

    sol = min(

        dp(curr + 1) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 1]) ,

        dp(curr + 2) + abs(c[curr] - c[curr + 2])

    );

    return sol;

}



int main() {

    scanf("%d" , &n);

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

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

    memset (memo , -1 , sizeof memo);

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

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

using namespace std;

#define    sz    100110

#define    ll    long long int

ll n,c=0,p,q;

ll num[sz];

ll vis[sz];

ll dp[sz];



ll tani(int pos)

{



  if(pos>=n)return 0;

  if(vis[pos]==1)return dp[pos];

  vis[pos]=1;



  return  dp[pos]=min(abs(num[pos]-num[pos+1])+tani(pos+1),abs(num[pos]-num[pos+2])+tani(pos+2));



}



int main()

{

    ll t,i;



    for(i=1;i<sz;i++)num[i]=1000000;



    cin>>n;

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

    {

        cin>>num[i];

    }

    t=tani(1);

    cout<<t<<endl;

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.7759928550928794x):
#include "bits/stdc++.h"



#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define ld long double



#define tiii tuple < int, int, int >

#define pii pair < int, int >

#define pll pair < ll, ll >

#define pci pair < char, int >

#define psi pair < string, int >

#define pis pair < int, string >



#define vi vector < int >

#define vd vector < double >

#define vld vector < ld >

#define vll vector < ll >

#define vs vector < string >

#define vc vector < char >

#define vpi vector < pii >

#define vpll vector < pll >

#define vpis vector < pis >



#define pb push_back

#define mt make_tuple

#define gt0 get < 0 >

#define gt1 get < 1 >

#define gt2 get < 2 >



#define pi acos(-1)



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



using namespace std;



const int maxn = 1e5 + 5;

const int mod = 1e9 + 9;



ll a[maxn], f[maxn];



int main()

{

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

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



    fast;



    int n, k = 2;



    cin >> n;



    for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) cin >> a[i];



    f[n] = 0;



    for(int i = n - 1; i > 0; i--){

        f[i] = 1e18;



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

            if(i + j > n) continue;



            f[i] = min(f[i], f[i + j] + abs(a[i] - a[i + j]));

        }

    }



    cout << f[1] << endl;



    return 0;

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

using namespace std;



#define fr(i,n) _back

#define pb	push_back

#define eb	emplace_back

#define mk	make_pair

#define fi	first

#define se	second

#define endl	'\n'



typedef long long ll;

typedef pair<int,int> ii;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const double PI = acos(-1.0);

const int N = 1e5 + 3;

int h[N];

int dp[N];



int main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    memset(dp, INF, sizeof dp);

    int n; cin >> n;

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



    dp[0] = 0;

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

        for(int j = max(0,i-2); j < i; j++)

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



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

    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 1.3963400459452409x):
#include "bits/stdc++.h"



#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define ld long double



#define tiii tuple < int, int, int >

#define pii pair < int, int >

#define pll pair < ll, ll >

#define pci pair < char, int >

#define psi pair < string, int >

#define pis pair < int, string >



#define vi vector < int >

#define vd vector < double >

#define vld vector < ld >

#define vll vector < ll >

#define vs vector < string >

#define vc vector < char >

#define vpi vector < pii >

#define vpll vector < pll >

#define vpis vector < pis >



#define pb push_back

#define mt make_tuple

#define gt0 get < 0 >

#define gt1 get < 1 >

#define gt2 get < 2 >



#define pi acos(-1)



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



using namespace std;



const int maxn = 1e5 + 5;

const int mod = 1e9 + 9;



ll a[maxn], f[maxn];



int main()

{

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

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



    fast;



    int n, k = 2;



    cin >> n;



    for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) cin >> a[i];



    f[n] = 0;



    for(int i = n - 1; i > 0; i--){

        f[i] = 1e18;



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

            if(i + j > n) continue;



            f[i] = min(f[i], f[i + j] + abs(a[i] - a[i + j]));

        }

    }



    cout << f[1] << endl;



    return 0;

}