i dont know why i am not getting what exactly i want?

Question

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include<cstdlib>
using namespace std;

int main() {
int a,i=0,j=0,k=0,l=0;
string you[4]={"motivational","good","fool","excellent"};
for (int x = 1; x <= 10; x++) {
a=rand()%4;
cout << you[a] << endl;
cout<<a<<endl;
if(a=0){
i+=1;
}
else if(a=1){
j+=1;
}
else if(a=2){
k+=1;
}
else{
l+=1;
}

}
cout<<i<<endl;
cout<<j<<endl;
cout<<k<<endl;
cout<<l<<endl;
}

output:-
good
1
excellent
3
fool
2
motivational
0
good
1
motivational
0
fool
2
fool
2
fool
2
motivational
0
0
10
0
0

Answer 1

I'm not sure what kind of output you want. But if(a=1) etc should be if(a==1)
Because = is assigment operator, not compasiron

Answer 2

yup ...
no dobt.....the mistake i made was use of assignment operator(=) instead of equal(==)....