Boolean doesn't want to change

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I’m trying to make a piece of code which will make a object randomly go left or right. I have a Boolean called “goingLeft”. Which should determine if the object should move left or not. But the boolean never changes…! I have no Idea what I am doing wrong, could someone take a look at my code?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour {

    public float speed = 10;
    public bool goingleft = false;
	
	
	void Start () {
		walkChoice();
	}

    void Update()
    {
        if (goingleft = true)
        {
            Debug.Log("going left as always");
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
            transform.Translate(-Vector2.right * speed * Time.deltaTime);
            
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("I should be going right");
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
            transform.Translate(Vector2.right * speed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }

	void walkChoice()
	{
       
            int chance = Random.Range(0, 2);
            Debug.Log(chance);
            if (chance < .5f)
            {
                goingleft = true;
                Debug.Log("WalkingLeftNow");
                StartCoroutine(wait());
            }
            else
            {
                goingleft = false;
                Debug.Log("WalkingRightNow");
                StartCoroutine(wait());
            }      
        
	}

	

	IEnumerator wait()
	{
        
        int waiting = Random.Range(1, 5);
		yield return new WaitForSeconds(waiting);
		Debug.Log("I am done waiting");        
		walkChoice();
	}
}

So when the game starts, walkChoice gets called, which should determine if goingLeft is true or false. The choice gets made, in the debug I can see that both get pick randomly, but the boolean never changes…

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You need to change your statement on line 16 to:

if (goingleft == true)

What you had previously was setting goingLeft to true every time.