4 stage password skipping randomly throughout

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#include <Keypad.h>

const int ROW_NUM = 4;
const int COLUMN_NUM = 4;

char keys[ROW_NUM][COLUMN_NUM] = {
  {'1', '2', '3'},
  {'4', '5', '6'},
  {'7', '8', '9'},
  {'*', '0', '#'}
};

byte pin_rows[ROW_NUM] = {34, 36, 38, 40};
byte pin_column[COLUMN_NUM] = {26, 28, 30, 32};

Keypad keypad = Keypad( makeKeymap(keys), pin_rows, pin_column, ROW_NUM, COLUMN_NUM );

const String rand1 = "4478";
const String rand2 = "6940";
const String rand3 = "3312";
const String rand4 = "1675";

String ipass;
String ipass2;
String ipass3;
String ipass4;

int code_pos = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);

  ipass.reserve(32);
  ipass2.reserve(32);
  ipass3.reserve(32);
  ipass4.reserve(32);
}

void loop() {
  if (code_pos == 0) {
    char key = keypad.getKey();
    if (key) {
      Serial.print(key);
      if (key == '*') {
        ipass = "";
      }
      else if (key == '#') {
        if (rand1 == ipass) {
          Serial.println("rand1 is correct");
          code_pos = 1;
        }
        else {
          Serial.println("rand1 is incorrect");
        }
        ipass = "";
      }
      else {
        ipass += key;
      }
    }
  }
  if (code_pos == 1) {
    char key2 = keypad.getKey();
    if (key2) {
      Serial.print(key2);
      if (key2 == '*') {
        ipass2 = "";
      }
      else if (key2 == '#') {
        if (rand2 == ipass2) {
          Serial.println("rand2 is correct");
          code_pos = "2";
        }
        else {
          Serial.println("rand2 is incorrect");
        }
        ipass2 = "";
      }
      else {
        ipass2 += key2;
      }
    }
  }
  if (code_pos = 2) {
    char key3 = keypad.getKey();
    if (key3) {
      Serial.print(key3);
      if (key3 == '*') {
        ipass3 = "";
      }
      else if (key3 == '#') {
        if (rand3 == ipass3) {
          Serial.println("rand3 is correct");
          code_pos = 3;
        }
        else {
          Serial.println("rand3 is incorrect");
        }
        ipass3 = "";
      }
      else {
        ipass3 += key3;
      }
    }
  }
  if (code_pos = 3) {
    char key4 = keypad.getKey();
    if (key4) {
      Serial.print(key4);
      if (key4 == '*') {
        ipass4 = "";
      }
      else if (key4 == '#') {
        if (rand4 == ipass4) {
          Serial.println("rand4 is correct");
          code_pos = 4;
        }
        else {
          Serial.println("rand4 is incorrect");
        }
        ipass4 = "";
      }
      else {
        ipass4 += key4;
      }
    }
  }
}
2

Your post was MOVED to its current location as it is more suitable.

Do you have a question ?

3

this is supposed to be a 4-stage password that you enter in order but it skips around and i have zero clue how to fix it

4

my only guess is since its the same function over and over its randomly picking an else statement

5

problem solved. i neglected to notice that a couple of statements had only one = instead of ==

6

using an array and an index like code_pos would make your code shorter...