Error (10818): Can't infer register for "etat[1]" because it does not hold its value

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Hello, I have to write a VHDL code for a project. 

I try to describe a game which consist in find the right number and entering it on a 3x4 keyboard.  I'm a debutant! And I can't determine why I have those errors:   Error (10818): Can't infer register for "etat" at projet1.vhd(35) because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge Info (10041): Inferred latch for "etat" at projet1.vhd(31) Error (10818): Can't infer register for "etat" at projet1.vhd(35) because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge Info (10041): Inferred latch for "etat" at projet1.vhd(31) Error (10818): Can't infer register for "l_vert" at projet1.vhd(35) because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge Info (10041): Inferred latch for "l_vert" at projet1.vhd(31) Error (10818): Can't infer register for "l_rouge" at projet1.vhd(35) because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge Info (10041): Inferred latch for "l_rouge" at projet1.vhd(31) Error (10818): Can't infer register for "l_jaune" at projet1.vhd(35) because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge Info (10041): Inferred latch for "l_jaune" at projet1.vhd(31) Error (10822): HDL error at projet1.vhd(35): couldn't implement registers for assignments on this clock edge Error (12153): Can't elaborate top-level user hierarchyError: Quartus Prime Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 7 errors, 16 warnings Error: Peak virtual memory: 644 megabytes Error: Processing ended: Sun Apr 30 15:40:11 2017 Error: Elapsed time: 00:00:32 Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:01:08    Here's my VHDL code :   library ieee; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; use ieee.math_real.all; use ieee.numeric_std.all; use ieee.std_logic_arith.all; use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all; entity projet1 is port ( clk, c2, c1, c0, start,l3,l2,l1,l0, reset : in std_logic; -- Entrées D, U, bcd_u, bcd_d : buffer std_logic_vector(3 downto 0); -- Valeurs intermédiaires l_jaune, l_rouge, l_vert : buffer std_logic --LEDs ); end entity projet1; architecture behaviour of projet1 is signal count_d : std_logic_vector(3 downto 0) := "0000"; -- vecteur 4 bits des dizaines signal count_u : std_logic_vector(3 downto 0) := "0000"; -- vecteur 4 bits des unités signal touche : std_logic; signal colnum : integer range 0 to 2; signal sortie : std_logic_vector(3 downto 0); signal etat : std_logic_vector (0 to 1) := "00"; -- Machine d'états --modif: signal donc <= constant l_start : std_logic := '1'; -- Led d'allummage signal cnt : std_logic := '0' ; begin process (reset, clk) begin if ( rising_edge (clk)) then -- Compteur de 1 à 99 if count_u = "1010" then count_u <= "0000" ; count_d <= count_d + 1; if count_d = "1010" then count_d <= "0000" ; end if; else count_u <= count_u + 1; end if; if (etat = "00") then -- Initialisation -- des leds l_jaune <= '0'; l_rouge <= '0'; l_vert <= '0'; -- de l'afficheur 7 segments bcd_u <= "0000"; bcd_d <= "0000"; -- On passe à l'état suivant etat <= "01"; elsif (etat = "01") then -- On attend que le joueur appuie sur Start pour définir le nombre à trouver if (start = '1' ) then -- /!\ Bouton poussoir! Code anti-rebonds D <= count_d ; U <= count_u ; etat <= "10"; -- On passe alors à l'état suivant end if; elsif (etat = "10") then -- Décodeur clavier if c0='1' and c1='1' and c2='1' then touche <='1'; -- Pas de touche enfoncée else touche <='0'; -- Une touche est enfoncée if (l0='0' and c0='0') then sortie <="0001"; -- Touche 1 elsif (l0='0' and c1='0') then sortie <="0010"; --Touche 2 elsif (l0='0' and c2='0') then sortie <="0011"; --Touche 3 elsif (l1='0' and c0='0') then sortie <="0100"; --Touche 4 elsif (l1='0' and c1='0') then sortie <="0101"; --Touche 5 elsif (l1='0' and c2='0') then sortie <="0110"; --Touche 6 elsif (l2='0' and c0='0') then sortie <="0111"; --Touche 7 elsif (l2='0' and c1='0') then sortie <="1000"; --Touche 8 elsif (l2='0' and c2='0') then sortie <="1001"; --Touche 9 elsif (l3='0' and c0='0') then sortie <="1010"; --Touche *(->A) elsif (l3='0' and c1='0') then sortie <="0000"; --Touche 0 elsif (l3='0' and c2='0') then sortie <="1011"; --Touche# (->B) end if; if (cnt = '0') then -- chiffre des dizaines bcd_d <= sortie ; cnt <= '1'; else -- chiffre des unités bcd_u <= sortie ; cnt <= '0'; end if ; end if; end if; etat <= "11"; elsif (etat = "11") then if bcd_d > D then l_rouge <= '1'; etat <= "10"; elsif bcd_d < D then l_jaune <= '1'; etat <= "10"; elsif bcd_d = D then if bcd_u > U then l_rouge <= '1'; etat <= "10"; elsif bcd_u < U then l_jaune <= '1'; etat <= "10"; elsif bcd_u = U then l_vert <= '1'; etat <= "00"; end if; end if; end if; end process; end architecture behaviour;   Sorry for bad English and French in code !  Thank you very much if you can help me with it :)

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You have written a very complicated nesting of ifs and I am sure the last section is outside clock edge statement. 

You better rewrite using case statements and check your if nesting.

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Thank you very much! It works!