Control LED Strip Colors and Effects with IR Remote

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Recently installed LED strips in my room (SK6812) and I'm trying to control them with a universal remote (GE). I tried to use a Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant to control the lights and could not get it to work. Anyways, the buttons of the remote are paired to their corresponding codes using the IRRemote - IRrevcDemo file, however there are problems with my code. The idea is to press a button (Ex Button 1) and get a color, press another button get a different color/effect. I've noticed that the IR receiver tends to display values outside the predefined list of IR codes, so I've included to only break the while loop if a value corresponds to the code array. This prevents the while loop to not be broken unless an intentional action is sent via the remote. This being said, once a button is pressed the color will not change even though the receiver is receiving new codes. It seems to be stuck in the first loop. I'm kinda stuck at this point and any help would be greatly appreciated. The code is listed below and the area of interest is highlighted:
*Note Under while Button_1, the code didn't translate to the forum very well, a screen capture is included below as well

#define POWER 0xE0E040BF
#define VOL_UP 0xE0E0E01F
#define VOL_DOW 0xE0E0D02F
#define CH_UP 0xE0E048B7
#define CH_DOW 0xE0E008F7
#define MUTE 0xE0E0F00F
#define CH_RETURN 0xE0E0C837
#define BUTTON_1 0xE0E020DF
#define BUTTON_2 0xE0E0A05F
#define BUTTON_3 0xE0E0609F
#define BUTTON_4 0xE0E010EF
#define BUTTON_5 0xE0E0906F
#define BUTTON_6 0xE0E050AF
#define BUTTON_7 0xE0E030CF
#define BUTTON_8 0xE0E0B04F
#define BUTTON_9 0xE0E0708F
#define BUTTON_DOT 0xE0E0C43B
#define BUTTON_0 0xE0E08877
#define BUTTON_INPUT 0xE0E0807F
#define EMPTY 0

#define LED_PIN 13
#define NUM_LEDS 450
int RECV_PIN = 2;//IR PIN
int array_Code[19] = {POWER, VOL_UP, VOL_DOW, CH_UP, CH_DOW, MUTE, CH_RETURN, BUTTON_1, BUTTON_2, BUTTON_3, BUTTON_4, BUTTON_5, BUTTON_6, BUTTON_7, BUTTON_8, BUTTON_9, BUTTON_DOT, BUTTON_0, BUTTON_INPUT};
int size_array_Code = 19;
int CHECK;

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#include <IRremote.h>

Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(NUM_LEDS, LED_PIN, NEO_WRGB + NEO_KHZ800);
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
strip.begin();
strip.show();
irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver
strip.setBrightness(255);
Bootup();//Custom Effect When Power is Supplied to Strip
strip.fill(strip.Color(0, 0, 0, 0));//Off
strip.show();
}

void loop() {
if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {

Serial.println(results.value, HEX);

while (results.value = BUTTON_1) {
** delay(20);**
** strip.fill(strip.Color(0, 0, 255, 0));//white**
** delay(20);**
** strip.show();**
** delay(20);**
** //IR CODE CHECK**
** if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {//second_if**
** Serial.println(results.value, HEX);**
** irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next value**
** if (results.value != BUTTON_1) {**
** //first_if**
** for (int x = 0; x < size_array_Code; x++) { //for loop 1**
** if (results.value == array_Code[x]) {**
** CHECK = 1;**
** break;//break for loop 1**
** }**
** else {**
** break;//break for loop 1**
** }**
** }//end of for loop**
** if (CHECK = 1) {**
** CHECK = 0;**
** break;//break while loop**
** }**
** }//end of first_if**
** }//end of second_if**
** delay(100);**
** }//end of while loop**

while (results.value = BUTTON_2) {
delay(20);
strip.fill(strip.Color(255, 0, 0, 0));//red
delay(20);
strip.show();
delay(20);
//IR CODE CHECK
if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {//second_if
Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next value
if (results.value != BUTTON_2) {//first_if
for (int x = 0; x < size_array_Code; x++) {
if (results.value == array_Code[x]) {
CHECK = 1;
break;//break for loop
}
else {
break;//break for loop
}
}//end of for loop
if (CHECK = 1) {
CHECK = 0;
break;
}
}//end of first_if
}//end of second_if
delay(100);
}//end of while loop

irrecv.resume();
delay(100);
}
}

void Brighten() {
uint16_t i, j;
for (j = 0; j < 255; j++) {
for (i = 0; i < strip.numPixels(); i++) {
strip.setPixelColor(i, 0, 0, 0, j);
}
strip.show();
delay(10);
}
}

void Bootup() {
uint16_t i, j;
for (j = 255; j > 0; j--) {
for (i = 0; i < strip.numPixels(); i++) {
strip.setPixelColor(i, 0, 0, j, 0);
}
strip.show();
delay(0.1);
if (j < 1) {
break;
}
}
for (j = 255; j > 0; j--) {
for (i = 0; i < strip.numPixels(); i++) {
strip.setPixelColor(i, 0, 0, j, 0);
}
strip.show();
delay(2);
if (j < 1) {
break;
}
}
}

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cjr7315:

   while (results.value = BUTTON_1) {

cjr7315:

          if (CHECK = 1) {

Please take some time to read up on the difference between the assignment operator (=) and the comparison operator (==):

Do you see the problem now?

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@pert, both links are the same

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Thanks for pointing that out @sterretje! Fixed (better late than never I suppose).