Life Bar Problems [Solved]

[Westeford]

I couldn't wrap my head around the bars code, so I thought I could just make it simpler by using images I designed myself. I haven't even called the screen and I'm already having problems.
This is a lifebar much like Ace Attorney. It starts full, then when the player get's a wrong answer, it penalizes the player. After 5 strikes, the game is over.
Here's my code.

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default life_current = 5
default life_max = 5
    
screen life():
    vbox xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0:
        if life_current = 5:
            add "images/UI/life/life_5.png" #I've tried putting "xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0" here instead of at vbox, but it still doesn't work
        elif life_current = 4:
            add "images/UI/life/life_4.png" #I've tried saying show instead of add.
        elif life_current = 3:
            add "images/UI/life/life_3.png"
        elif life_current = 2:
            add "images/UI/life/life_2.png"
        elif life_current = 1:
            add "images/UI/life/life_1.png"
        else:
            add "images/UI/life/life_0.png"

When I do this I get this.

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 4, in analyze_screen
    screen life():
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 4, in analyze
    screen life():
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 4, in analyze
    screen life():
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 5, in analyze
    vbox xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0:
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 5, in analyze
    vbox xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0:
  File "game/truthbullets.rpy", line 6, in analyze
    if life_current = 5:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax (game/truthbullets.rpy, line 6)

Am I missing something?
I appreciate any help on this or for helping me understand bars. Thanks.

[kostek00]

Not sure if this helps but try putting your default stats into init block:

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init:
    default life_current = 5
    default life_max = 5

[Westeford]

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init:
    default life_current = 5
    default life_max = 5

Still the same result. Thanks for your input though.

[Per K Grok]

Here's my code.

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default life_current = 5
default life_max = 5
    
screen life():
    vbox xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0:
        if life_current = 5:
            add "images/UI/life/life_5.png" #I've tried putting "xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0" here instead of at vbox, but it still doesn't work
     -----

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Am I missing something?
I appreciate any help on this or for helping me understand bars. Thanks.

if life_current = 5:
should be
if life_current == 5:

and so on

[Westeford]

if life_current = 5:
should be
if life_current == 5:
and so on

Thank you very much it's working now.