def exchange_elements(lst):
    from itertools import zip_longest, chain, tee
    
    lst1, lst2 = tee(iter(lst), 2)
    return list(chain.from_iterable(zip_longest(lst[1::2], lst[::2])))
def min_cost(cost, m, n):
	R = 3
	C = 3
	 
	tc = [[0 for x in range(C)] for x in range(R)] 
	tc[0][0] = cost[0][0] 
	for i in range(1, m+1): 
		tc[i][0] = tc[i-1][0] + cost[i][0] 
	for j in range(1, n+1): 
		tc[0][j] = tc[0][j-1] + cost[0][j] 
	for i in range(1, m+1): 
		for j in range(1, n+1): 
			tc[i][j] = min(tc[i-1][j-1], tc[i-1][j], tc[i][j-1]) + cost[i][j] 
	return tc[m][n]