3 leds one button

Hi,

I'm trying to program a button to turn on three leds one by one. I've only managed to write code so that 2 turn on and they are turning on together. I know I've done something very wrong with the boolean function and there's probably a much better way to do it as well.

boolean currentled;
int ledPin =3;
boolean last;

void setup() {
pinMode(2, INPUT); // set the switch pin to be an input
pinMode(3, OUTPUT); // set the yellow LED pin to be an output
pinMode(4, OUTPUT); // set the red LED pin to be an output
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //set green pin as output
}

boolean led (boolean last)
{

{
boolean last = ledPin;
if (last !=currentled)
{

currentled= ledPin;

}
return currentled;
}

}

void loop() {
// read the switch input:
if (digitalRead(2)==LOW)
{ digitalWrite(3, LOW); // turn on the yellow LED
digitalWrite(4, LOW); // turn off the red LED
digitalWrite (5, LOW);
}
// else if (digitalRead(2) == HIGH && currentled =!led(last)) {
// digitalWrite(3, HIGH); // turn on the yellow LED
// digitalWrite(4, LOW); // turn off the red LED
// digitalWrite (5, LOW);
// }
//
else
if (currentled =led(last) && digitalRead(2)) {
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4,LOW);
digitalWrite(5,HIGH);
// } else {
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
digitalWrite(5,LOW);

}
}

Read the post at the top of this forum. Use code tags and auto format your code before posting. The look up "scope".

Mark

Sorry. Hope this is clearer.

boolean currentled;
int ledPin =3;
boolean last;

void setup() {
pinMode(2, INPUT); // set the switch pin to be an input
pinMode(3, OUTPUT); // set the yellow LED pin to be an output
pinMode(4, OUTPUT); // set the red LED pin to be an output
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //set green led as output
}
//function to find out if the 3rd led was the last one pressed
boolean led (boolean last)
{

{
boolean last = ledPin;
if (last !=currentled)
{

currentled= ledPin;

}
return currentled;
}

}

void loop() {
// read the switch input:
//if no button pressed then no leds should be on
if (digitalRead(2)==LOW)
{
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
digitalWrite (5, LOW);
}
//if pressed then turn on the 3rd led
else {
digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
digitalWrite (5, LOW);
}

//if the last led that was on was the 3rd then turn on the 5th
while (currentled =led(last)) {
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4,LOW);
digitalWrite(5,HIGH);
} //else turn on the 4th
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
digitalWrite(5,LOW);

}

dredre:
Sorry. Hope this is clearer.

Ummm well it looks the same to me but I'm only on my third cup of coffee. Use the code tags (# button) when composing your post, so it comes out looking like this. The Preview button is helpful too.

boolean currentled;
int ledPin = 3;
boolean last;

void setup()
{
    pinMode(2, INPUT);      // set the switch pin to be an input
    pinMode(3, OUTPUT);   // set the yellow LED pin to be an output
    pinMode(4, OUTPUT);   // set the red LED pin to be an output
    pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //set green led as output
}

//function to find out if the 3rd led was the last one pressed
boolean led (boolean last)
{
    boolean last = ledPin;
    if (last != currentled) {
        currentled = ledPin;
    }
    return currentled;
}

void loop() {
    // read the switch input:
    //if no button pressed then no leds should be on
    if (digitalRead(2) == LOW) { 
        digitalWrite(3, LOW);   
        digitalWrite(4, LOW);     
        digitalWrite(5, LOW);
    }
    //if pressed then turn on the 3rd led
    else {
        digitalWrite(3, HIGH);   
        digitalWrite(4, LOW);   
        digitalWrite(5, LOW);
    }

    //if the last led that was on was the 3rd then turn on the 5th
    while (currentled =led(last)) {
        digitalWrite(3, LOW);
        digitalWrite(4,LOW);
        digitalWrite(5,HIGH);
    } //else turn on the 4th
    digitalWrite(3, LOW);
    digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
    digitalWrite(5,LOW);
}

Still not in code tags (# button when posting your message)
Highlight your code then click the # button above the edit window.

As to your code, I think that you have made it more complicated than it needs to be.

I would do it something like this

int buttonPin = 2;
int yellowLed = 3;
int redLed = 4;
int greenLed = 5;
int currentLed = 2; 


void setup() {
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);      // set the switch pin to be an input
  pinMode(yellowLed, OUTPUT);   // set the yellow LED pin to be an output
  pinMode(redLed, OUTPUT);   // set the red LED pin to be an output
  pinMode(greenLed, OUTPUT); //set green pin as output
}

void loop()
{
  if (digitalRead(buttonPin) == LOW) 
  {
    switch (currentLed)
    {
    case 2:                            // no LEDs on
      digitalWrite(yellowLed, LOW);    // turn on the yellow LED   
      currentLed++;
      break;

    case 3:                            //yellow LED is on
      digitalWrite(redLed, LOW);    // turn on the red LED   
      currentLed++;
      break;

    case 4:                          //red & yellow LEDs are on
      digitalWrite(greenLed, LOW);    // turn on the green LED   
      currentLed++;
      break;

    default:                           //all 3 LEDs are on
      digitalWrite(yellowLed, HIGH);    // turn off the yellow LED   
      digitalWrite(redLed, HIGH);    // turn off the red LED   
      digitalWrite(greenLed, HIGH);    // turn off the green LED 
      currentLed = 2;                  //reset the counter      
    } 
  }
}

NOTE - I have not tested this so it could still be full of holes, but you will see the principle involved
I have assumed that making the LED pins LOW as in your code turns them on, but that depends on how you have them wired
I have also assigned names to the pins used to make the code easier to read.

IMPORTANT NOTE - there is nothing in the code at the moment to debounce the button, so pressing it once may cycle through several states instead of moving on to the next one.

while (currentled =led(last))

= is an assignment operator. == is the equality operator.

Why are you using a while statement here?

Thanks for the code. It's working better.
I'm not sure about the while statement. I was just trying different things since I'm new to coding.