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

Actually, the entire approach would be cleaner if you only had to use one instance of StringBuffer, instead of creating one in every recursive call... I would go for:

private String getWhoozitYs(){
     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
     while (generator.nextBoolean()) {
         sb.append("y");
     }

     return sb.toString();
}

Answer 2

if(stop == true)

or

if(stop)

= is for assignment.

== is for checking condition.

if(stop = true) 

It will assign true to stop and evaluates if(true). So it will always execute the code inside if because stop will always being assigned with true.