Program refuses to compile

Question

Hi i seem to be facing an error due to one line in my program. can somebody please help
import java.io.*;
class p13_guess
     //Global Variables
     static BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );
     public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
// variable section
     long guess = -1;
     RandomNumber secret = new RandomNumber() ;
     System.out.println("Welcome to the program that guesses a number between 1 and 100:\n");
     secret.generate();
     while ((guess!= 0) && (guess != secret.number))
          System.out.println("Please enter your guess\n");
          guess = validatedLongInput ();
          if (guess<secret.number)
          System.out.println("too small");
     else
          if (guess>secret.number)
          System.out.println("too big");
     else
          System.out.println("Congratulations");
public static long validatedLongInput() throws IOException
// variable declaration
boolean ok;
long result=0;
ok = false;
while (!ok)
ok = true;
try
result = Long.parseInt (stdin.readLine());
catch (NumberFormatException Error)
System.out.print("ERROR - type a number.");
ok = false;
return result;
P:S this program is made to generate and random number and the user has to guess it

Answer 1

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