Arduino push button not responding when in line with resistor

Hey Tom, back after the test. Your code does work. Interesting part though: The button itself does @!*@ all. Apparently the button is for the show. As mentioned in my previous comments: When I unplug the white cable from the resistor it returns "button pressed". If I put it in front of the resistor again it says "button not pressed". I'll get busy with the diagram.