help with computer science homweork

[madscientist56]

right now i'm a junior in high school and our school offers some online courses, I thought some sounded cool so i decided to try them. Right now i'm taking "computer science honors" and need some help or quick suggestions on how to fix this problem.

 

it says there is an illegal start of expression for the underlined portion, but i cant figure out how to fix it, if anyone here knows any java programming using netbeans the help would be appreciated.

 

here is the code, its pretty short:

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package favoritenumber;

 

import java.util.Scanner;

 

public class FavoriteNumber {

 

    // Obtain favorite number

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    int favoritenumber;

        Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in);

        

        System.out.println ("What is your favorite number?");

        favoritenumber = reader.nextInt ();

    

        evenodd (favoritenumber);

        positivenegative (favoritenumber);

    }

    

    //calculate stuff with number

    public static boolean evenodd (int favoritenumber){

      boolean evenorodd = (favoritenumber%2 == 0);    

      

      if (evenorodd) {

      System.out.println ("your favorite number is both even ");

      

      } else {

      System.out.println ("your favorite number is both odd ");

      return false;

      }     

 

    public static boolean positivenegative (int favoritenumber){         <------this is the part that is the "illegal start of expression"

      boolean positiveornegative = (favoritenumber > 0);    

 

      if (positiveornegative) {

      System.out.print ("and positive");

      

      } else {

      System.out.print ("and negative");

      return false;

      }      

   return false;

    }

}

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any help is appreciated

[Just The Tips]

The number 69 is missing from all those strings.

jk sorry don't kill me

[madscientist56]

The number 69 is missing from all those strings.

jk sorry don't kill me

hey its better than making a topic without any responses

[Wtalk2]

I'm pretty sure the issue is the evenodd function is never closed. Just add another '}' right above the posotivenegative function and that should fix it

[madscientist56]

I'm pretty sure the issue is the evenodd function is never closed. Just add another '}' right above the posotivenegative function and that should fix it

many thanks

[Wtalk2]

many thanks

Wow, I'm kinda surprised I found that Anyways glad I could help