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Question by Ibrahim Mesecan.

Min Distance

If you have the series 10 7 3 5: The difference between the consecutive numbers is:

  • The difference between 10 and 7 is 3
  • The difference between 7 and 3 is 4
  • The difference between 3 and 5 is 2
Then, the sum of consecutive differences is 9. If you calculate sum of consecutive differences of the same series when they are in this order: 3 7 10 5:
  • The difference between 3 and 7 is 4
  • The difference between 7 and 10 is 3
  • The difference between 10 and 5 is 5
Then, the sum of consecutive differences is 12.

Question: You are asked to read a sequence of numbers and find the sum of consecutive differences such that the result is minimum.

Input specification
You will be given an integer (n) number of numbers where 0 ≤ n ≤ 10,000. Then, in the following n lines you will be given n integers where each number is between -100,000 and +100,000.

Output specification
Show one number: minimum sum of differences between consecutive numbers.

Sample Input I
6
1
5
3
4
7
2
Sample Output I
6



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