Console Class; Creating colorful rectangles

[Programmer Will]

Alright, so I've worked out how to write my program to create "beautiful" rectangles of various colors with a user specified character. The problem I'm having is with this little bit of code.

		cout << "Enter drawing chracter: ";
		cin >> drawChar;

		cout << "Background color is black\n";
		cout << "Would you like to change it? [y/n] ";
		cin >> background;

		background = tolower(background);

		Console::SetWindowSize(width < 35 ? 35: width + 6, height + 6);
		Console::Clear();

		if( background = 'n')
		{
			Console::BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor::Black;
		}
		else if (background = 'y')
		{
			Console::BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor::White;
		}// end if

Even if I enter y when asked if I would like to change background color it does not change to white. The code to change the background color works fine without the if statement. I looked through it quite a long time and I have no idea why it won't work. A thought I had was that there was stuff lying around in the buffer from previous user input. I don't know if that is possible or where it would some from though. Any help appreciated. More code available upon request. Thank you!

[bluezor]

if( background = 'n')

else if (background = 'y')

[Programmer Will]

I don't really see what you are trying to get at. It appears to me as if you copy pasted my code. I believe they are the correct way. If not I tested it both ways so it's not the problem of a swapped y and n. Thank you though.

[bluezor]

Your code: =

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You need: ==

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Don't forget your equality symbols

[Programmer Will]

Ah right. Thank you! My professor warned us about that a long time a go too. I appreciate the help!