Thread: can't figure out what's with this code

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    can't figure out what's with this code

    hey guys, i'm new at coding, and this is a relatively simple thing, i just can't figure out whats wrong

    i think that it might be that i'm using char

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        char music;
        
        cout<<"hey kat, do you like this new band i found, 'circle takes the square': ";
        cin>> music;
        cin.ignore();
        if (music = y) {
                  cout<<"good choice\n";
        }
        
        if (music = n) {
           cout<<" aw you're going to make me cry!\n";
           }
           cin.get();
    }

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    Code:
    music = y ;
    if y were defined, would be an assignment. You want to use the compare operator. Same with the other condition. And you want to compare to a character constant.
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    In other words:
    Code:
    if(music == 'y')
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    ok now...

    ok so i changed that, and added an 'else' to the no part, but when the user puts in a 'n' it says the same thing as 'y', any clue why?

    btw thanks you two guys

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        char music;
        
        cout<<"hey kat, do you like this new band i found, 'circle takes the square': ";
        cin>> music;
        cin.ignore();
        if (music = 'y') {
                  cout<<"good choice\n";
        }
        
        else if (music = 'n') {
           cout<<" aw you're going to make me cry!\n";
           }
           cin.get();
    }

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    You are still using assignment. = and == are completely different operators.
    I might be wrong.

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    ok, thanks anon, todd, and dwks

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    Btw, if the warning levels are high enough, some compilers will warn about assignment like that inside if statements. A typical example is Visual Studio.
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    why not make such warnings etc. the default behave?
    and experienced users can turn them off, if they wish, but newbies will be saved from buggy situations

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    on gcc it will issue a warning with -Wall.

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