Controlling a 7 segment display with Arduino

I have been playing a little with arduino and found it really easy and fun, this is some code I write for controlling a 7 segment display, It basically shows the word HOLA.

So basically I'm using an arduino dumielanuova, a 7 segment display, an ardino shield and a mini breadboard, oh yeah and a bunch of cables.

/*7 segment display

It shows the word HOLA

*/

int b=5, a=6, f=7, g=9, dp=8, c=10, d=11, e=12;

void setup() {

pinMode(b, OUTPUT);

pinMode(a, OUTPUT);

pinMode(f, OUTPUT);

pinMode(g, OUTPUT);

pinMode(dp, OUTPUT);

pinMode(c, OUTPUT);

pinMode(d, OUTPUT);

pinMode(e, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {

//H

digitalWrite(a, HIGH);

digitalWrite(b, LOW);

digitalWrite(c, LOW);

digitalWrite(d, HIGH);

digitalWrite(e, LOW);

digitalWrite(f, LOW);

digitalWrite(g, LOW);

delay(500);

//O

digitalWrite(a, LOW);

digitalWrite(b, LOW);

digitalWrite(c, LOW);

digitalWrite(d, LOW);

digitalWrite(e, LOW);

digitalWrite(f, LOW);

digitalWrite(g, HIGH);

delay(500);

//L

digitalWrite(a, LOW);

digitalWrite(b, LOW);

digitalWrite(c, LOW);

digitalWrite(d, HIGH);

digitalWrite(e, HIGH);

digitalWrite(f, HIGH);

digitalWrite(g, HIGH);

delay(500);

//A

digitalWrite(a, HIGH);

digitalWrite(b, LOW);

digitalWrite(c, LOW);

digitalWrite(d, LOW);

digitalWrite(e, LOW);

digitalWrite(f, LOW);

digitalWrite(g, LOW);

delay(500);

//espacio

digitalWrite(a, HIGH);

digitalWrite(b, HIGH);

digitalWrite(c, HIGH);

digitalWrite(d, HIGH);

digitalWrite(e, HIGH);

digitalWrite(f, HIGH);

digitalWrite(g, HIGH);

digitalWrite(dp, HIGH);

delay(1500);

}