arduino uno lcd loadingbar error

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hello folks,

I'm using an arduino uno + LCD 16x2 and i want to create a loading bar.

and as lazy i am i dont want to write all of the chars. i want to write it by itself.
and this is what i got. :

if(buttons & BUTTON_RIGHT)

{
//byte[] character;
byte character[5] = {16,24,28,30,31};

byte loading[8];

for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) // for moving the cursor
{
for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) // for filling 5 rows
{
for (int k = 0 ; k < 8 ; k++)
{
loading[k] = character[j] ;
}
lcd.createChar(0, loading);
lcd.write(0);
delay(300);
}
lcd.setCursor(i, 0);
}
}

the problem :

the cursor doesnt move, the cursor(0,0) is only up and fills 16 times, instead of filling 1 time and move to the right.

how to solve this problem?

tnx and peace out!

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The loading array is EXACTLY the same every time you call lcd.createChar(). Why do you need to do that every pass through the code? Do it ONCE in setup()!