Button test input pin Arduino Uno

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Hi everyone,

Im new here, and also to Arduino, and I have been learning quite a lot from here! I do have a question, and I hope this is the right thread!

So, I have an Arduino Uno, in that Arduino I connect pin 2 to a button and then the other side of the button goes to the ground!

Then the code goes like this:

int sigPin = 2;

void setup(){
pinMode(sigPin, INPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop(){

Serial.println(digitalRead(sigPin));

}

The issue is, that I would expect the serial to spit ou 1's until I press the button and while the button is pressed I would expect 0's, but, I get a random value showing without pressing the button, 0's and 1', just randomly switching, and, if I press the button I get the 0's I expected! what might this be?

Greetings,
Guilherme Menescal Dantas

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   pinMode(sigPin, INPUT_PULLUP);
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Yess, thanks Paul_B, first time I read about INPUT_PULLUP, will read all about.

It is now working perfectly by the way.

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