Error, please fix

Question

I'm trying to create a password with if and else but somehow it sin't working.... Here is my code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {

string a, b ;
b = "hey";
cout << "Enter password:";

cin >> a;

if (string a = b) {
cout << "nice!";
}
else {
cout << "sorry, wrong!";
}

}

Error message:

Error (active) E0711 expression must have bool type (or be convertible to bool)
Error C2451 conditional expression of type 'std::string' is illegal

Answer 1

In the if condition, you are assigning b to a and not comparing them. Remember, = is for assignment and == is for comparison. Also you don't need the `string` type specifier if the variable has been initialized before. Change = to == and remove "string" in `if (string a = b)`

Answer 2

Thank you!