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Decrease Elements To Make Array Zigzag

Given an array nums of integers, a move consists of choosing any element and decreasing it by 1.

Given an array nums of integers, a move consists of choosing any element and decreasing it by 1.

An array A is a zigzag array if either:

Return the minimum number of moves to transform the given array nums into a zigzag array.

Decrease Elements To Make Array Zigzag diagram

Example 1

Input: nums = [1,2,3]

Output: 2

Explanation: We can decrease 2 to 0 or 3 to 1.

Example 2

Input: nums = [9,6,1,6,2]

Output: 4

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 1000
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 1000

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