Suppose that the method below is one of the methods in a LinkedList class. Assum

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Suppose that the method below is one of the methods in a LinkedList class. Assume that the list has a dummy header node and that the list is not empty. The method returns which of the following?

   public int operation()
    {
        Node current = first.getNext();
        int value = current.getInfo();

        while (current != null)
        {
            if(current.getInfo() < value)
                value = current.getInfo();
            current = current.getNext();
        }

        return value;
    }

      a. The sum of all list elements
      b. The smallest element in the list
      c. The greatest element in the list
      d. The number of elements in the list

Explanation / Answer

answer is option b.

i.e. The smallest element in the list.

in given code it checks for smallest element and gives that value.

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