simple count up and down nested in if function

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hello everyone,

i'm pretty new to arduino, and i've been working on a testing program which i just can't get to work. i've read a whole lotta references and forum posts but it seems i just cant get the code right. maybe anyone can help me get my thinking straight?

i connected a toggle switch to pin2, and i want to have the onboard led blink one way for 20 times then the other way for 20 times. if the switch is turned to off, i'll just have the led blink quickly.
its a test for a stepper motor driver that will have three different velocities (like the blinking), so instead of setting the coils, in this testing program i just set the led to blink.

here's the code:

int i;
const int inPin = 2;
const int ledPin = 13;
int buttonState = 0;

void setup() {

pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(inPin, INPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);

}

void loop() {

buttonState = digitalRead(inPin);
Serial.println (buttonState);

if (buttonState == HIGH)
{

for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++);
{
digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(1000);
Serial.println(i);

}

for (int i = 20; i>0; i--);
{

digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
delay(2000);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(200);
Serial.println(i);

}
}

else if (buttonState== LOW)
{

digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
delay(200);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(200);

}
}

any information highly appreciated : ) i'm pretty sure its something very simple that just hadn't crossed my mind...
thank you.

2

How is the switch wired?

but it seems i just cant get the code right

You have, I assume, some idea in your mind of how the code should behave.
There is also some difference between this idea and how it actually does behave.
Do you want to share your observations?

3

This:

for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++);

isn't helping. You need to remove the semi-colon at the end. Same issue several times

4

dear wildbill!
i already thought it had to be something so stupid that i just hadn't found in my my-brain-already-feels-like-mash-potatoes-today- haze... : )
of course it works perfectly now.

thank you very much!