The complete program is given below.
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import java.io.*;
// User enters integer N. The program calculates N factorial.
//
class factorial
{
public static void main (String[] args ) throws IOException
{
BufferedReader userin = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String inputData;
long N, fact = 1;
System.out.println( "Enter N:" );
inputData = userin.readLine();
N = Integer.parseInt( inputData );
if ( N >= 0 )
{
while ( N > 1 )
{
fact = fact * N;
N = N - 1;
}
System.out.println( "factorial is " + fact );
}
else
{
System.out.println("N must be zero or greater");
}
}
}