Momentary push button embedding LED, has delay in switching ON and running code

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Hello PaulS

thank you very much for replying. Apologise for incorrectly uploading the code.

"If you deleted code after those comments, then that code could be causing loop() to take a long time to iterate, meaning that you need to hold the switch pressed until loop() starts again, and reads the switch state."

actually yes, your advice was correct.

I finally solved the problem with the following code, for momentary push buttons , that checks the edge detection:

boolean readButtons() {

  // Read button states every 5 ms (debounce time):
  static unsigned long lastDebounce;
  if (millis() - lastDebounce >= 5) {
    lastDebounce = millis();

    // Rising edge (if switch is released)
    if (DRE(digitalRead(button), button1RisingState)) {
      Serial.print ("Rising edge (pulled high by internal pullup resistor). State variable: ");
      Serial.println (button1RisingState);
    }

    // Falling edge (if switch is pressed)
    if (DFE(digitalRead(button), button1FallingState)) {
      digitalWrite(led, !digitalRead(led)); // switch LED on or off
      Serial.print ("Falling edge (pulled low by switch). State variable: ");
      Serial.println (button1FallingState);
      counter = counter + 1;
    }
  }
}

the code is available here:
Switched_Edge_Detection by The DIY Guy999

and modified the rest of my algorithm declaring standalone functions instead, called then in the loop()

Thank you for your time :smiley: