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in this program we have a program that includes an if statement, but no matter which integer the user inputs, the output will always show true, so what am I doing wrong?

// This program tests whether or not an initialized value
// is equal to a value input by the user


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int num1,        // num1 is not initialized
    num2 = 5;        // num2 has been initialized to 5

    cout << "Please enter an integer" << endl;
    cin >> num1;

    cout << "num1 = " << num1 << " and num2 = " << num2 << endl;

    if (num1 = num2)
           cout << "Hey, that's a coincidence!" << endl;
    if (num1 != num2)
            cout << "The values are not the same" << endl;
    return 0;
}

should it be
if (num1 = num2)
           cout << "Hey, that's a coincidence!" << endl;
   else
            cout << "The values are not the same" << endl;
return0;
( if-statement requires else-statement to end? )

no, that's not true. often you just don't want to do anything if the conditions aren't met.

   actually the problem is highlighted in red

 if (num1= = num2)
           cout << "Hey, that's a coincidence!" << endl;
    if (num1 != num2)
            cout << "The values are not the same" << endl;
    return 0;