Keep Only the Highest Set Bit

Code

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

// Complete the function
uint16_t highest_set_bit(uint16_t reg) {
    if (reg == 0) return 0;
    // First time result & reg is not zero is when we found the highest bit
    uint16_t result = 1<<15;
    while(!(result &reg)){
        result >>= 1;
    }

    return result;
}

int main() {
    uint16_t reg;
    scanf("%hu", &reg);

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

Solving Approach