Led starting sequence, then loop

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Hi, I'm very new to Arduino in general, but I really want to create a code for my LED strip. The LED strip has individually addressable LED's with LED type WS2811.

I'm trying to make the LED's do a starting sequence when I put them on, when the starting sequence is over I want the LED's to constantly loop through the second sequence without going back to the first.

I have tried messing with the code, but since I'm a beginner that didn't make it much better. Could anyone help me out on this?

#include <FastLED.h>

FASTLED_USING_NAMESPACE

#if defined(FASTLED_VERSION) && (FASTLED_VERSION < 3001000)
#warning "Requires FastLED 3.1 or later; check github for latest code."
#endif

#define DATA_PIN    3
#define LED_TYPE    WS2811
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define NUM_LEDS    90
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

#define BRIGHTNESS          200
#define FRAMES_PER_SECOND  120

void setup() {
  delay(3000); 
  
  FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,DATA_PIN,COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
  //FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE,DATA_PIN,CLK_PIN,COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);

  FastLED.setBrightness(BRIGHTNESS);
}


// --------------------------(patterns)-----------------------------
typedef void (*SimplePatternList[])();
SimplePatternList gPatterns = { confetti,sinelon };

uint8_t gCurrentPatternNumber = 0; 
uint8_t gHue = 0; 
  
void loop()
{
  gPatterns[gCurrentPatternNumber]();

  FastLED.show();  
  FastLED.delay(1000/FRAMES_PER_SECOND); 

  EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 20 ) { gHue++; } 
  EVERY_N_SECONDS( 10 ) { nextPattern(); } 
}

#define ARRAY_SIZE(A) (sizeof(A) / sizeof((A)[0]))

void nextPattern()
{
  gCurrentPatternNumber = (gCurrentPatternNumber + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE( gPatterns);
}


void confetti() 
{
  // flicker
  fadeToBlackBy( leds, NUM_LEDS, 100);
  int pos = random16(NUM_LEDS);
  leds[pos] += CHSV( gHue + random8(64), 35, 255);
}

void sinelon()
{
  // yellow to red
  fadeToBlackBy( leds, NUM_LEDS, 1);
  int pos = beatsin16( 15, 0, NUM_LEDS-0 );
  leds[pos] += CHSV( 50, 255, 192);
}
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I'm trying to make the LED's do a starting sequence when I put them on, when the starting sequence is over I want the LED's to constantly loop through the second sequence without going back to the first.

Put the code for the start sequence in a function and call it from setup(). It will never be run again unless you call the function explicitly from loop()

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You can do it like this

void loop()
{
  static bool is_initial_done;
  if (!is_initial_done)
  {
    is_initial_done = true;
    // place the code for starting sequence here
  }

  // place the code for looping sequence here
}

However, the Arduino program structure already provides you with the very same kind of separation through setup() and loop() functions. Place the initial code in setup() and place the looping code in loop().

The above technique with static variable might come handy when you'll need to implement more advanced and flexible initialization scenarios. For your basic case the existing setup()/loop() pair is a perfect fit.