#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<long long> vl;
#define pb push_back
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define forn(n) for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define forc(cn, abc) ((cn).find(abc) != (cn).end())
#define yes cout << "YES\n";
#define no cout << "NO\n";
#define all(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(), a.rend()
#define poin(x) cout << fixed << setprecision(x);
vector<ll> dp(100005, 1e18), h(100005);
ll f(ll x)
{
if (x == 0)
return 0;
if (dp[x] != 1e18)
{
return dp[x];
}
ll costfromX1 = f(x - 1) + abs(h[x] - h[x - 1]);
if (x == 1)
return costfromX1;
ll costfromX2 = f(x - 2) + abs(h[x] - h[x - 2]);
return dp[x] = min(costfromX1, costfromX2);
}
int main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
int n;
cin >> n;
forn(n)
{
cin >> h[i];
}
cout << f(n - 1) << endl;
return 0;
}
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