if else in Script

[Akhilesh Trivedi]

var = 'Y'
if $var='Y' then 
	echo "Yes"
else 
	echo "No"
fi

I have the above script, when i run it, i get

syntax error at line 4 : `else' unexpected

why?

[Peter Johnson]

Which shell are you using? For bash, I usually use:

var='Y'  
if [ $var = 'Y' ]; then   
    echo "Yes"  
else   
    echo "No"  
fi 

[Akhilesh Trivedi]

Thanks i was on ksh.