const byte CHAR_COUNT = 11;
const byte symbols[CHAR_COUNT] = {
//.GFEDCBA
 B00111111, // 0
 B00000110, // 1
 B01011011, // 2 
 B01001111, // 3
 B01100110, // 4 
 B01101101, // 5
 B01111101, // 6 
 B00000111, // 7
 B01111111, // 8 
 B01101111, // 9
 B10000000, // .
};

byte segmentPins[] = {33,32,19,18,5,27,14,4};

void setup() {
  //set pins to output because they are addressed in the main loop
  pinMode(segmentPins[0], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[1], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[2], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[3], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[4], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[5], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[6], OUTPUT);
  pinMode(segmentPins[7], OUTPUT);
  
//  writeLeds(symbols[2]);    //Use this line to test a bit pattern
}

void loop() {

  for (int i = 0; i<CHAR_COUNT; i++)
  {
    writeLeds(symbols[i]);  
    delay(1000);
  }

}

void writeLeds(byte pattern)
{
  for (int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    digitalWrite(segmentPins[i],bitRead(pattern,i)); //bitRead is documented at https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/BitRead
}