splay

#include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#define inf 1000000000
using namespace std;
int ans,n,t1,t2,rt,size;
int tr[50001][2],fa[50001],num[50001];
void rotate(int x,int &k)
{
    int y=fa[x],z=fa[y],l,r;
    if(tr[y][0]==x)l=0;else l=1;r=l^1;
    if(y==k)k=x;
    else{if(tr[z][0]==y)tr[z][0]=x;else tr[z][1]=x;}
    fa[x]=z;fa[y]=x;fa[tr[x][r]]=y;
    tr[y][l]=tr[x][r];tr[x][r]=y;
 }
void splay(int x,int &k)
{
	int y,z;
	while(x!=k)
	{
		y=fa[x],z=fa[y];
		if(y!=k)
		{
			if((tr[y][0]==x)^(tr[z][0]==y))rotate(x,k);
			else rotate(y,k);
		}
		rotate(x,k);
	}
}
void ins(int &k,int x,int last)
{
     if(k==0){size++;k=size;num[k]=x;fa[k]=last;splay(k,rt);return;}
     if(x<num[k])ins(tr[k][0],x,k);
	 else ins(tr[k][1],x,k);
 }
void ask_before(int k,int x)
{
     if(k==0)return;
     if(num[k]<=x){t1=num[k];ask_before(tr[k][1],x);}
     else ask_before(tr[k][0],x);
 }
void ask_after(int k,int x)
{
   if(k==0)return;
   if(num[k]>=x){t2=num[k];ask_after(tr[k][0],x);}
   else ask_after(tr[k][1],x);
}
int main()
{
	scanf("%d",&n);
	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
	{
        int x;if(scanf("%d",&x)==EOF)x=0;
        t1=-inf;t2=inf;
	    ask_before(rt,x);
	    ask_after(rt,x);
	    if(i!=1)ans+=min(x-t1,t2-x);
	    else ans+=x;
	    ins(rt,x,0);
	}
	printf("%d",ans);
	return 0;
}