Help with a Java Program

[luboldja]

Yea, im making a small java driving game for my school, and it is INSANELY simple, but this line of code is giving me hell a dificulty. Can anyone tell me why it like... doesn't work, i'll paste my whole class in here if u need more, but its just this method im having trouble with.

public void drive(double distance){

if(gas > 0){
if(isCarStarted = true){
gas = gas - (distance/efficiency);
System.out.println("You have driven " + distance + " miles. You have " + gas + " gallons of gas left.");
}else{
System.out.println("You cannot drive.");

}
}
}

I dont know why it won't print "You cannot drive." to the screen when gas is not greater than 0 OR isCarStarted = false. Can anyone help?

[shadowmaniac]

You posted in the wrong forum and use the code tags.
As for your problem, it's because of

if(isCarStarted = true)

You're assigning "true" to isCarStarted as opposed to checking if it's true.

[tomws]

You posted in the wrong forum

It's worse than that. He cross-posted x4. Apparently literacy and common sense aren't required for the class where this homework was assigned.

[oracleguy]

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