Help with using true or false "if and else" statements.

[AidenJacobson]

Hi there, essentially what I'm trying to do is set it up where I ask a true or false question and if the answer isn't true then it will continue to ask another question. My problem is that when I run the code the answer that should come up with yes comes up regardless of what the user inputs. My code is incomplete but if I can figure out how to do this section then I can replicate it for the rest. Thanks in advance. My code thus far is:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
bool a
cout <<"True or false, was it detected in the tracking chamber and deposited in the E/M calorimeter?";
cin >> a;

if (a=True)
{
cout <<"electron";
}
else
{
cout <<"True or false, was it undetected in the tracking chamber and deposited in the E/M calorimeter?";
}
return 0;
}

[shadowCODE]

My problem is that when I run the code the answer that should come up with yes comes up regardless of what the user inputs.

Because of if (a=True). Use equality. Not assignment.

[DEnumber50]

First of all line 5 needs a ; after the a.

Second your declaration of a needs to be string because that is what you are asking from the user not of type bool

Third if line 5 reads string a; then you need to #include <string> at line 2

Fourth line 9 needs to read if (a=="True") because it is now of type string

Fifth you will need to add system("Pause") to lines 12 and 16 to see what your console is outputting