Lua Math.random and if statement

the purpose of the code is to produce a random number and based na the number produced to do a certain thing.

local x = math.random(1,2)
if x = 1 then
  print("x = 1")
  else
    print("x > 1")
  end

However when I run the code I get the following error "'the'" expected near '='" and I still dont seem to get why it is not working, so could somebody please lend me a hand? :)