SOLVED:Checking variable for while loop, updated from Interrupt

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I am using a TIMER1 overflow interrupt,
I have written a quick code to test to see if i can update a variable with the interrupt as its being checked by a while statement.

    #include "TimerOne.h"
    
    byte FLAG = 0;
    void setup()
    {
      Serial.begin(9600);
      pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
      Timer1.initialize(1000000);         
      Timer1.attachInterrupt(callback);  
      Timer1.stop();
      
    }
     
    void callback()
    { 
      digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
      delay(10);
      digitalWrite(6, LOW);
      FLAG = 1;
      Timer1.stop();
     }
     
    void loop()
    {
      Serial.println("SEND MESSAGE");
      Timer1.start();
      Serial.println("RECEIVING");
      while(FLAG == 0);
      FLAG = 0;
      delay(10000);      
    }

It doesn't notice the interrupt change in the FLAG status with : while(FLAG == 0);

It does notice the flag change however if i put something in the while loop to check eg:

while(FLAG ==0){
Serial.println(FLAG, DEC);
}

Does anyone know why this is happening?
Doesn't " while(FLAG == 0);" continuously check the state of FLAG anyways?

2

Any variable that's shared between interrupt code and the main code must be declared 'volatile':

volatile byte FLAG = 0;
3 
      delay(10);

In an interrupt handler? I don't think so!

4

thanks the volatile byte worked.

yes i know putting a delay in there is bad, in my actual program there is nothing like that.

thanks again