Thread: l-value complaint from compiler

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    Railgun God |Wiz|'s Avatar
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    l-value complaint from compiler

    this is my code:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    
    int primedivisor ( int original)
    {
    int vr;
    int collective = 1;
    int n = 2;
    while (n != collective)
    {
    if (0 = original % n)
    {
    vr = n;
    original /= n;}
    else {n++;}
    }
    return vr;
    }
    
    
    int main()
    {int x;
    cin >> x;
    cin.ignore();
    cout << primedivisor (x);
    cin.get();
    return 0;}
    and this is my error:

    a.cpp<12> : error C2106: '=' : left operand must be l-value

    I tried making pointers and sticking them in, putting 1 instead of "original", switching it around, and making all sorts of different types of variables (char, float, etc.)

    nothing can take away the message.

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    You're using the assignment operator. == is comparison.
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    wow - that was fast!
    thanks.

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