Python Program to Find the Largest Element in a Doubly Linked List

This is a Python program to find the largest element in a doubly linked list.

The program creates a doubly linked list and finds the largest element in the list.

1. Create a class Node with instance variables data and next.
2. Create a class DoublyLinkedList with instance variables first and last.
3. The variable first points to the first element in the doubly linked list while last points to the last element.
4. Define methods insert_at_end and append.
5. The method insert_at_end inserts a node at the last position of the list.
6. The method append takes a data item as argument and appends a node with that data item to the list.
7. The function find_largest takes a linked list as argument and returns the largest element in the list. It returns None if the list is empty.
8. Create an instance of DoublyLinkedList, append data to it and find the largest element in it.

Here is the source code of a Python program to find the largest element in a doubly linked list.

class Node:
    def __init__(self, data):
       self.data = data
       self.next = None
       self.prev = None
 
 
class DoublyLinkedList:
    def __init__(self):
        self.first = None
        self.last = None
 
    def append(self, data):
        self.insert_at_end(Node(data))
 
    def insert_at_end(self, new_node):
        if self.last is None:
            self.last = new_node
            self.first = new_node
        else:
            new_node.prev = self.last
            self.last.next = new_node
            self.last = new_node
 
 
def find_largest(dllist):
    if dllist.first is None:
        return None
    largest = dllist.first.data
    current = dllist.first.next
    while current:
        if current.data > largest:
            largest = current.data
        current = current.next
    return largest
 
 
a_dllist = DoublyLinkedList()
 
data_list = input('Please enter the elements in the doubly linked list: ').split()
for data in data_list:
    a_dllist.append(int(data))
 
largest = find_largest(a_dllist)
if largest:
    print('The largest element is {}.'.format(largest))
else:
    print('The list is empty.')

1. An instance of DoublyLinkedList is created.
2. The user is prompted to enter the data items of the list.
3. The largest element is found by calling find_largest.
4. The result is displayed.

Case 1:
Please enter the elements in the doubly linked list: 5 10 9 3
The largest element is 10.
 
Case 2:
Please enter the elements in the doubly linked list: 
The list is empty.
 
Case 3:
Please enter the elements in the doubly linked list: 234 10 4 200
The largest element is 234.

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