Simpler Code for 7 Segment LED and Shift Register

Very cool, I will try this today and let you know how it works out.

but with this code:

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byte c; <----Can I change "c" to a binary string such as 0110 0000 ?
void loop ()
{
c++;
digitalWrite (LATCH, LOW);
SPI.transfer (c);
digitalWrite (LATCH, HIGH);
delay (20);
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