const int N=101000;
ll n,a[N],s;
ll ans,mb,mc;
int main() {
scanf("%lld",&n);
rep(i,0,n){
scanf("%lld",a+i);
if(i){
s+=abs(a[i-1]-a[i])*(i&1?1:-1);
mc=min(-s,mc);
mb=min(s,mb);
ans=max(s-mb,ans);
ans=max(-s-mc,ans);
}
}
printf("%lld\n",ans);
return 0;
}