Keep Only the Highest Set Bit

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint16_t highest_set_bit(uint16_t reg) {
    if (reg == 0) return 0;
    int n = 0;
    while (reg >>= 1) {  // Shift reg itself
        n++;
    }
    return 1U << n;      // n is now position of highest set bit
}
int main() {
    uint16_t reg;
    scanf("%hu", &reg);

    uint16_t result = highest_set_bit(reg);
    printf("%hu", result);
    return 0;
}

Solving Approach