How to program input switch??

I'm new myself, but I might be able to help. I just uploaded information about my first program which is a light sequencer for my car, and it allows for multiple sequences

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1238659623

I haven't put in the transistors or voltage regulators, but it looks like we are trying to do about the same thing.