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cant get program to complile

cant get program to complile, what is im doing wrong?

import java.util.*;
public class palindrome
{

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
{
int palindrome_number=0;
System.out.println("Please input a 5-digit number");
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String line = input.readLine();
boolean palindrome = line.equalsIgnoreCase(new StringBuffer(line).reverse().toString());
if (palindrome)
{
System.out.println("it is a palindrome");
}
else
{
System.out.println("it is not a palindrome");
}
}

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Mick Barry

missing a brace

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class palindrome {

	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
		int palindrome_number = 0;
		System.out.println("Please input a 5-digit number");
		BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		String line = input.readLine();
		boolean palindrome = line.equalsIgnoreCase(new StringBuffer(line).reverse().toString());
		if (palindrome) {
			System.out.println("it is a palindrome");
		} else {
			System.out.println("it is not a palindrome");
		}
	}
}

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for_yan

Yes, you need to add one "}" to close the class itself.

msk_apk

you missed one } which started at public class {

sweetfa2

The class itself needs to be closed off.

Sometimes by using indenting at each brace point you will find it easier to detect issues such as this.

Generally when you get an error message that says reached end of file prematurely it means that a syntactic element has been started, but no matching ending element has been discovered.