How to Make Program Stop after Number of Iterations - arduino

Question

So, I have my program here, I am trying to make a program that, we manually pull the wire out and place it back, each time I pull it out, it is 1 iteration and placing it back in is 1 iteration. Whenever it is connected to the port the external LED is dark, when it is pulled out, the external LED is bright. I should be able to do this for 10 iterations and stop once I get there.
The problem is, when I include the while(true); statement in, my external LED does not work, but without the statement in there, the program runs the way I want except that it does not stop working after 10 iterations, any help is appreciated!
#include<EEPROM.h>
const int LED = 12;
const int SWITCH = 4;
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(115200);
pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); //LED is always outputting information
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT); //Built in LED is always outputting information
pinMode(SWITCH, INPUT_PULLUP); //Switch inputs value when in/out of ground
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
int addr = 0; //Declaring variables
int count = 0;
int seconds;
if (digitalRead(SWITCH) == LOW) { //If wire starts in ground, record values
Serial.println("----Recording----");
while (count <= 10) { //While count value is less than or equal to 10
if (digitalRead(SWITCH) == LOW) { //When wire is connected to 4
count = count + 1; //Add one to count in each iteration
digitalWrite(LED, LOW); //LED light is off in this position
delay(50); //Checks switch state every 0.05 seconds
}
else if (digitalRead(SWITCH) == HIGH) { //When wire isnt connected to 4
count = count + 1; //Add one to count in each iteration
digitalWrite(LED, HIGH); //LED light is on in this position
delay(50); //Checks switch state every 0.05 seconds
}
while (true);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Why it's not working? Let's rewrite your code a little:
while (count <= 10) {
count = count + 1;
digitalWrite(LED, digitalRead(SWITCH));
delay(50);
while (true); // aaand kill it
}
I'm ommiting the race condition if the first digital read returns HIGH and then the second returns LOW (it wouldn't wait for 50ms to stop)
I'd expect something like counting on pin change or so:
while (count <= 10) {
byte = digitalRead(SWITCH);
if (byte != digitalRead(LED))
{
count = count + 1;
digitalWrite(LED, byte);
}
delay(50);
}
while (true); // aaand kill it