If and else if in a while loop

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Hi there
I have the following code:

#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

int main(){
	int number;
	int a=0;
	srand(time(0));
	while(a!=5){
		cout << "Enter something" << endl;
		cin >> a;
		number=rand()%3;
		cout << number << endl;
		if(number=0){
			cout << "0" << endl;
		}
		else if(number=1){
			cout << "1" << endl;
		}
		else if(number=2){
			cout << "2" << endl;
		}
	}
	return 1;
}

Whenever i enter some input and press enter i first get my random number from 0-2 (bold in the code).

The program then goes on to only output 1 (in italics) although my if condition would result in an output of (0-2) (the same i get in the first output).

This is not the case though. If I comment out the first "else if" and leave the second "else if" the program only chooses to show the 2 (underlined) neglecting my random number.

Is there any way to make the program work as intended?
greetings

//EDIT:
On another note for exercise 8 here:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/3473/

8. Create a program which generates Fibonacci series till a number 'n' where 'n' is entered by the user. For eg. if the user enters 10 then the output would be: 1 1 2 3 5 8 (Beginner)

do i need an array for this exercise?

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Your if statements are doing something completely different from what you think.

The first thing to note is that you're not testing for equality, instead, you're assigning a new value to number. After the assignment, number is evaluated to a Boolean. This mistake is common amongst beginners. Alls' you have to do is change number = 0 to number == 0. For instance:

if(number == 0) // Equality
    // ...

if(number = 0) // Assignment, not equality 

_Wazzak

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Oh lol this just happened to me on another program as well. This is kind of obvious then...Thank you ^^