I'm getting an illgal start of expression error in my code for the public static boolean portion at the bottom... any ideas?

heres my code

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
public class numberGame {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        Random rand = new Random ();
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); //User input
        int x = (int)(100 * Math.random()) + 1; //Generates random number
        int userInt = 0; //user input number
        char userAns;
        int counter = 0;
        boolean guess = true;
        System.out.print("The Number guessing game, Would you like to play?: ");
        String userAns1 = keyboard.nextLine();
        userAns = userAns1.charAt(0); 
        while (guess == true)
        {
            char userAns2 = 'y'; //Compare to Yes or No answer from user
            if (userAns != userAns2)
            {
                System.out.println("Goodbye!");
                guess = false;
                }
                else
                {
                    System.out.println("\nI am thinking of a number between 1 and 100. Try to guess it.\n");
        {
            System.out.println("\nI am thinking of a number between 1 and 100. Try to guess it.\n ");
            while (x != userInt)
            {
                System.out.print("Enter Number ");
                userInt = keyboard.nextInt();
                if (x < userInt)
                {
                    System.out.println(userInt + " Way too high, guess again ");
                    }
                    else if (x > userInt)
                    {
                        System.out.println(userInt + " too small, keep trying ");
                        }
                        else if (x = userInt)
                        {
                            System.out.println(userInt + " Right on the money, DING DING DING!!! ");
                        }
                        counter = counter + 1;                                                  
                        }
                        if (counter <= 3)
                        {
                            System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + " Great work! You are a mathematical wizard!");
                            break;
                            }
                            else if (counter >= 3 && counter <= 7)
                                {
                                    System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + "guesses, Not too bad! You've got some potential.");
                                    break;
                                    }
                                    else if (counter > 7)
                                    {
                                        System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + " guesses. What took you so long? Maybe you should take some lessons");
                                        break;
                                        }
                                        {

public static boolean playAgain(){        
                        String answer;        
                        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
                        System.out.println("would you like to play again? ");        
                        answer = keyboard.nextLine();        
                        if (answer =="y");        
                        return true;    }
                        else   
                        return false;
                    }}}}}}

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July 3, 2012 at 11:09 AM

Here is a code of number game. We have modified it.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
public class numberGame {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        Random rand = new Random (); 
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        int x = (int)(100 * Math.random()) + 1;
        int userInt = 0;
        char userAns;
        int counter = 0;
        boolean guess = true;
        System.out.print("The Number guessing game, Would you like to play?: ");
        String userAns1 = keyboard.nextLine(); 
        userAns = userAns1.charAt(0);
        while (guess == true) {
            char userAns2 = 'y';
            if (userAns != userAns2) { 
                System.out.println("Goodbye!");
                guess = false;
            }
            else {
                System.out.println("\nI am thinking of a number between 1 and 100. Try to guess it.\n");

                while (x != userInt) { 
                    System.out.print("Enter Number ");
                    userInt = keyboard.nextInt();
                    if (x < userInt) { 
                        System.out.println(userInt + " Way too high, guess again ");
                    }
                    else if (x > userInt) {
                        System.out.println(userInt + " too small, keep trying "); 
                    }
                    else if (x == userInt) { 
                        System.out.println(userInt + " Right on the money, DING DING DING!!! ");
                    } counter = counter + 1;
                    } 
                    if (counter <= 3) { 
                        System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + " Great work! You are a mathematical wizard!");
                        break;
                    }
                    else if (counter >= 3 && counter <= 7) { 
                        System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + "guesses, Not too bad! You've got some potential.");
                        break; 
                    }
                    else if (counter > 7) {
                        System.out.println("You've got it in " + counter + " guesses. What took you so long? Maybe you should take some lessons");
                        break;
                    }
            }
        }
    }
                   public static boolean playAgain(){
                   String answer;
                   Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("would you like to play again? ");
                   answer = keyboard.nextLine();
                   if (answer =="y"){
                    return true; 
                    } 
                   else{
                    return false; 
                   }
                   }
                   }