how to read an entire port (the 8 bites)

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need to read PORTD some how that i can see which bites are high and which low, im using a nano and need the reading all bits at once.

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Read up on direct port manipulation.

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my_var = PIND; //Read the PORTD

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my_var = PIND;        //Read the PORTD

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