While loop condition not working

Question

Hey basically i want both the player and the wolves to attack each other until one another are dead. But the while loop is infinite so obviously the condition is not met. But i cant see where i am going wrong with this if ( choice1 == 1) // if statement is used throughout the game to allow the user to interact through the game with choices.

while((Status.health != 0) && (Wolves.health != 0) )
        {
        int playerAttack = Status.strength + hitPoints() +  Rock.attack;
        cout<< "This is the player attack" << playerAttack;
        Wolves.health = Wolves.health - playerAttack;
        cout << "This is the wolves health" << Wolves.health;
        if (Wolves.health <= 0)
        {
            cout << "\nThe wolves are dead\n ";
        }
        int wolfAttack = Wolves.attack + hitPoints();
        Status.health - wolfAttack;
        if(Status.health <= 0)
        {
            gameOver();
        }// print out of object health.
        }

Can anybody help ?

Answer 1

Well, i think the health was not exact 0 - because your condition looks only for != 0 it should be bigger than 0

while((Status.health > 0) && (Wolves.health > 0)) ...

edit: also the missing = John Dibling found first