UNTEngineer:
Well this is practically the example given on the Arduino website for use with the ID-12. I just manipulated it for my purpose.
Well, I'm not saying that the people who coded that example are wrong, but they are not using the coding style which, in my opinion, is the one which makes the control structures in your code clearest. I recommend that you follow the style I outlined, even though you will routinely encounter code that follows other styles.