How to use this boolean in an if statement?

Question

private String getWhoozitYs(){
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    boolean stop = generator.nextBoolean();
    if(stop = true)
    {
        sb.append(\"y\         


        

Answer 1

The problem here is

if (stop = true) is an assignation not a comparision.

Try if (stop == true)

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