Identify the error in the following algorithm to search for a node in the singly-linked list of students. ListSearch(students, key) { curNode = students⇢head while (curNode is null) { if (curNode⇢data == key) { return curNode } curNode = curNode⇢next } return null } Group of answer choices   The if condition should be if (curNode⇢data != key).   The statement curNode = students⇢head should be curNode = students⇢tail.   The statement curNode = curNode⇢next should be curNode = students⇢head.   The while condition should be while (curNode

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Identify the error in the following algorithm to search for a node in the singly-linked list of students.

ListSearch(students, key) {
curNode = students⇢head
while (curNode is null) {
if (curNode⇢data == key) {
return curNode
}
curNode = curNode⇢next
}
return null
}
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The if condition should be if (curNode⇢data != key).
 
The statement curNode = students⇢head should be curNode = students⇢tail.
 
The statement curNode = curNode⇢next should be curNode = students⇢head.
 
The while condition should be while (curNode is not null).
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