How to get charcters on the screen

[Davo9064]

I am trying to get smiley faces and other symbols to appear on the screen but I have had no luck. I have tried a couple of different codes not I am having no luck. I am using a older version of the UNO board.

[andrew]

Example sketch from:
http://tronixstuff.com/2011/01/08/tutor ... rome-lcds/

It defines three custom characters, each of which are made up of seven rows of five pixels.
You can change which pixel turns on and off by altering the byte variables. 1 is on, 0 is off.

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// Example 24.2
 
#include <LiquidCrystal.h> // we need this library for the LCD commands
 
// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(4,5,6,7,8,9); // define our LCD and which pins to use
 
int d = 3000; // used for display delay
byte a[8] = {  
  B00000,  B00000,  B00000,  B00100,  B00100,    B00000,  B00000,  B00000};
byte b[8] = {  
  B00000,  B00000,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B00000,  B00000};
byte c[8] = {  
  B11111,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B10001,  B11111};
 
void setup()
{
  lcd.createChar(0,a); // define our characters into the sketch as variables
  lcd.createChar(1,b);
  lcd.createChar(2,c);
  lcd.begin(16, 2); // need to specify how many columns and rows are in the LCD unit
  lcd.clear();      // this clears the LCD. You can use this at any time
}
 
void loop()
{
  for (int z=0; z<16; z++)
  {
    lcd.setCursor(z,0);
    lcd.write(0);  // write the first character
    delay(250);
    lcd.setCursor(z,0);
    lcd.write(1);  // write the second character
    delay(250);
    lcd.setCursor(z,0);
    lcd.write(2);  // write the third character
    delay(250);
    lcd.setCursor(z,0);
    lcd.write(1); // write the second character
    delay(250);
    lcd.setCursor(z,0);
    lcd.write(0);  // write the first character
    delay(250);
  }
  delay(1000);
  lcd.clear();
}

[Davo9064]

Thanks for your help.