#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
bool isPrime(long long n) {
  if (n <= 1) return false;
  if (n <= 3) return true;
  if (n % 2 == 0 || n % 3 == 0) return false;
  for (long long i = 5; i * i <= n; i = i + 6)
    if (n % i == 0 || n % (i + 2) == 0) return false;
  return true;
}
long long gcd(long long a, long long b) {
  if (a == 0) return b;
  return gcd(b % a, a);
}
long long lcm(long long a, long long b) {
  long long g = gcd(a, b);
  long long ans = (a * b) / g;
  return ans;
}
vector<long long> primes;
bool prime[10005];
void seive() {
  memset(prime, 1, sizeof(prime));
  prime[0] = 0;
  prime[1] = 0;
  for (long long i = 2; i <= 10000; i++) {
    if (prime[i] == 1) {
      for (long long j = i * i; j <= 10000; j += i) prime[j] = 0;
    }
  }
}
long long power(long long a, long long b) {
  long long ans = 1;
  while (b > 0) {
    if (b % 2 == 1) ans = (ans % 1000000007 * a % 1000000007) % 1000000007;
    a = (a * a) % 1000000007;
    b = b / 2;
  }
  return ans;
}
template <typename T>
std::string NumberToString(T Number) {
  std::ostringstream ss;
  ss << Number;
  return ss.str();
}
long long gcdExtended(long long a, long long b, long long *x, long long *y);
long long modInverse(long long b, long long m) {
  long long x, y;
  long long g = gcdExtended(b, m, &x, &y);
  if (g != 1) return -1;
  return (x % m + m) % m;
}
long long modDivide(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
  a = a % m;
  long long inv = modInverse(b, m);
  return (inv * a) % m;
}
long long gcdExtended(long long a, long long b, long long *x, long long *y) {
  if (a == 0) {
    *x = 0, *y = 1;
    return b;
  }
  long long x1, y1;
  long long gcd = gcdExtended(b % a, a, &x1, &y1);
  *x = y1 - (b / a) * x1;
  *y = x1;
  return gcd;
}
long long maxSubArraySum(vector<long long> a) {
  long long max_so_far = a[0];
  long long curr_max = a[0];
  for (long long i = 1; i < a.size(); i++) {
    curr_max = max(a[i], curr_max + a[i]);
    max_so_far = max(max_so_far, curr_max);
  }
  return max_so_far;
}
void solve() {
  long long n;
  cin >> n;
  long long a[n], i, j;
  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    cin >> a[i];
  }
  vector<long long> v1, v2;
  for (i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
    if (i % 2) {
      v1.push_back(-abs(a[i] - a[i + 1]));
      v2.push_back(abs(a[i] - a[i + 1]));
    } else {
      v2.push_back(-abs(a[i] - a[i + 1]));
      v1.push_back(abs(a[i] - a[i + 1]));
    }
  }
  cout << max(maxSubArraySum(v1), maxSubArraySum(v2));
}
int main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(NULL);
  bool codechef = 0;
  long long t = 1;
  if (codechef) {
    cin >> t;
  }
  while (t--) {
    solve();
  }
  return 0;
}
