Newbie to pic but not electronics

[skimask]

Ohh I get it that makes perfect sense

So all I would have to do is read the input

but say when I pressed the button I want the RB0 led to flash 4 times and RB1 led to flash 8 times when I press the button once.

How would that work?

For/Next.....If/Then.....counters in a loop....thousand different ways of doing it.
Write some code, we'll dig thru it all...

[sougata]

Hi,

While PicBasic makes your life real easy I still recommend to study the internals of the PIC micro to get the most out of PBP. To get started try the link here http://techtrain.microchip.com/x14/ and view or download the flash based presentation. IMO it accelerates learning the PIC....

[Techbuilder]

Thank you very much everyone has been helpful

Although I was reading on the button command wouldn't that be the easiest way to go?

[skimask]

Although I was reading on the button command wouldn't that be the easiest way to go?

Not if you're just reading a single switch on a single port performing a single function...
Now if you're looking for functionality like auto-repeat, debouncing, sure, button may be the way to go.

[Techbuilder]

Gotcha I guess I will just go with IF, THEN , GO Statements
How exactly would that work

I know I would have to set LED to HIGH

but is this kind of how it would look

IF port.0=1 THEN
port.1 = high

Something like that?

[Techbuilder]

Here's a better constructed code I made then the one up

Button var PORTB.0 ' Push button
LED1 var PORTB.1 ' Led 1
LED2 var PORB.2 ' Led 2
Pushed var byte ' Variable will contain the byte
If PUSHED =1 Then ' If button is push
High LED1 ' Turn on the LED
IF PUSHED=0 Then
High LED2

Endif

[skimask]

Just so nobody gets the wrong idea...I'm not being a royal a$$ here....

In your program...(and again, not being an a$$, just trying to get you to understand what's what here)

Button var PORTB.0		' Push button
LED1 var PORTB.1                           ' Led 1
LED2 var PORB.2                             ' Led 2 

Pushed	var	byte		' Variable will contain the byte

	If PUSHED =1 Then	             ' If button is push
		High LED1	' Turn on the LED
IF PUSHED=0 Then
           High LED2	
endif

You have 'If Pushed = 1'...Pushed is a variable...Where is 'Pushed' being set to anything, at least anything that is going to be useful to you?