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#include "mbed.h"

    //pins are sorted from upper left corner of the display to the lower right corner
    //the display has a common cathode
    //the display actally has 8 led's, the last one is a dot 
DigitalOut led[8]={p18, p19, p17, p20, p16, p14, p15, p13};


    //each led that has to light up gets a 1, every other led gets a 0
    //its in order of the DigitalOut Pins above
int number[11][8]={
                    {1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0},          //zero
                    {0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0},          //one
                    {1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0},          //two
                    {1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0},          //three
                    {0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0},          //four
                    {1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0},          //five
                    {1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0},          //six
                    {1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0},          //seven
                    {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0},          //eight
                    {1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0},          //nine
                    {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1}          //dot
                  };


int main() {
    while (1) {
            //all led's off
        for(int i = 0; i<8;i++){led[i] = 0;}
        
            //display shows the number in this case 6
        for (int i=0; i<8; i++){led[i] = number[6][i];}         //the digit after "number" is displayed

            //before it gets tired
        wait(0.5);
    
    }
}