Check a variable within a range with a binary variable [closed]

I have a value, a, it can be any value from 0 to 1. In an integer linear program, how can I formulate a constraint that uses a binary variable, y, to determine whether a is within a range of 0 and 1 or not.

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closed as unclear what you're asking by xskxzr, Evil, David Richerby, Discrete lizard♦Mar 4 at 9:58

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• I don't understand what you're asking. You say x can be any value from 0 to 1; if so, you already know that a is in that range -- there is nothing to determine. Please edit the question to explain more clearly what you're trying to do. Thank you! – D.W. Mar 1 at 22:38
• "it can be any value from 0 to 1", shouldn't a variable in an integer linear program only have integer values? – xskxzr Mar 2 at 6:34
• @D.W. I think the point is that, in valid solutions, the value of the variable is in $[0,1]$ and the asker wants constraints that ensure it really is in that range. But, still, with an integer linear program, the variable's value is either $0$ or $1$, so I'm not sure what's really going on, here. – David Richerby Mar 3 at 13:46

If I understand corectly, you want to formulate a system of linear constraints on a real variable $$a$$ and a $$\{0,1\}$$-variable $$y$$ such that the solutions are given by $$[0,1]\times\{1\} \bigcup [1,\infty)\times \{0\}.$$
This is impossible. No linear constraint can put an upper bound on $$a$$ for some values of $$y$$ without putting an upper bound on $$a$$ for all values of $$y$$.