title: Unclosed character class near index 525
body: <p>I'm a new programmer in general, so forgive me if this issue is a fair bit base.</p>
  
  <p>This program's goal is a simple calculation of "optimal body weight," and continually throws an exception during runtime over the a and b string comparisons in Line 35. I've attempted removing the logic operators and that still does not seem to be the issue. Where am I wrong?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.util.*;
  
  public class WeightCalc {
  
    //Initialize variables
    static int feet = 0, inches = 0, totalWeight = 0;
    static boolean isMale;
  
    public static void optimalWeight(){
      // Calculate optimal weight
      if (isMale == true){
        if (feet &gt;= 5){
          totalWeight = 106 + 6*(inches);
        } else{
          System.out.print("Error, you're a midget.");
        }
      }
      if (isMale == false){  
        if (feet &gt;= 5){
          totalWeight = 100 + 5*(inches);
        } else{
          System.out.print("Error, you're a midget.");
        }
      }
    }
  
    public static void main(String[] args){
  
      String a = "Male", b = "male";
  
      // Initialize kboard Scanner
      Scanner kboard = new Scanner(System.in);
  
      // Ask for gender and assign isMale
      System.out.println("What is your gender? ");
      String gender = kboard.nextLine();
      if (gender.equals(a) || gender.equals(b)){
        isMale = true;
      }else {
        isMale = false;
      }
  
      // Ask for height, first feet, then inches
      System.out.println("What is your height in regards to feet? ");
      kboard.nextInt(feet);
      System.out.println("What is your remaining h eight in inches? ");
      kboard.nextInt(inches);
  
      //Call optimalWeight method and run
      optimalWeight();
  
      // Print the output
      System.out.println("Your optimal weight should be " + totalWeight + ".");
  
      // Set isMale opposite to what it was before and calculate opposite sex's potential weight
      isMale = !isMale;
      optimalWeight();
  
      // Print the output of the second run
      System.out.println("If you were of the opposite sex, your weight would be " + totalWeight + ".");
  
      // Close the Scanner variable
      kboard.close();
    }
  }
  </code></pre>