Help with an If/Else program...

Hello, im new to java and cant seem to find my mistake in this program :frusty:. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

What I want the program to do - if the 'int' is an odd number I want the program to print that it is an odd number, if the 'int' is even I want to computer to state that it is an even number.


public class CheckOddEven {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int number= 49; // Here i set the value of number
System.out.println("The number is " + number);
if (number%2=0) { // Will return true for all integers that are odd because their remainder would be 1
System.out.println("ODD NUMBER");
} else {
System.out.println("EVEN NUMBER");
}
}
}




This is the error report -

Compiling the source code....
$javac /tmp/13469390249656/CheckOddEven.java 2>&1
/tmp/13469390249656/CheckOddEven.java:6: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
if (number%2=0) {
^
1 error

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cant seem to find my mistake

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Thanks for your help but i found the solution to my problem -

if (number%2=0)

This was incorrect, it should have been -

if (number%2==0)

although i found the answer i dont understand why i have to use == rather than =
can anyone explain it to me please?

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why i have to use == rather than =

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They are different operators for different purposes:
= is for assignment
== is to test equality

Thank you Norm.