What does the following convention means: bool isRight = (direction== "right")

Question

I've searched the web but didn't find a proper answer to what does the following code convention (C# in particular) means?

bool isRight = (direction == "right")

what does it means when you have the "=" and then another two "=="? I know it's kind of shortcut of writing some operations. Thanks

Answer 1

It is a shorthand for

bool isRight = false;

if (direction == "right")
{
    isRight = true; // Change value
}