Can't Input Last Character; Program Ends Abruptly

[fundean]

import java.io.*;

public class Ascii {


public static void main(String[] args) {

TextReader UserInput = new TextReader(System.in);
System.out.println ("Please type the start character");
char startChar = UserInput.readChar();

System.out.println ("Please type the last character");
char lastChar = UserInput.readChar();

if (lastChar < startChar){
System.out.println ("Error, last character is before start character");
}

for (char ascii = startChar; ascii <= lastChar; ++ascii){

System.out.print (ascii);
}

} // end of main

} // end class


The output of the above code gives me the following:

Please type the start character
a
Please type the last character
Error, last character is before start character
Press any key to continue...

The program doesn't give me time to input the last character. Any suggestions?

[CornedBee]

Do you press return after entering the first character?

[Dillinger4]

Try this........

 import java.io.*; 

 public class A{ 
  public static void main(String[] args){
   try{
   BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
   System.out.println("Please enter your first character");
   String firstchar = buff.readLine();
   System.out.println("Please enter your last character"); 
   String lastchar = buff.readLine();

   char c1 = firstchar.charAt(0);
   char c2 = lastchar.charAt(0); 
  
   if(c1 > c2){
   System.out.println("First char comes after second char"); 
   }else{
       System.out.println("First character comes before last char"); 
   }

   for (char ascii = c1; ascii <= c2; ++ascii){ 
     System.out.print(ascii); 
   }  
  }catch(IOException e){System.err.println(e);}
 }
}