What is wrong with this small piece of code?

[misterrr]

Here's the code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
const string password = "qwerty";
string password1;
cout<<"Please enter password: ";
cin>> password1;
if (password1 = password)
cout<<"Password is correct";
cin.get();
}

Here's the error:

could not convert 'password1.std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator= [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>, _Alloc = std::allocator<char>](((const std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)(& password)))' to 'bool'|

Thanks.

[Athar]

Comparison is done with ==, = is the assignment operator.

[quirkyusername]

if (password1 = password)
this is not a comparison it is an assignment

if (password1 == password)
this is how you should compare them

[misterrr]

Ofcourse! Thanks guys.