//advent of code thingy var arr = [ 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 3, 3, 9, 3 , 3 ]; var total = 0; var counter = 0; while (counter < arr.length) { var difference = arr[counter] - arr[counter+1]; if (difference < 0) { difference = -difference; } total += difference; counter += 2; } print difference;