Keep Only the Highest Set Bit

Code

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

// Complete the function
uint16_t highest_set_bit(uint16_t reg) {
    int i,pos;
    for(i=15;i>=0;i--){
        if(reg & (1<<i)){
            reg = (1<<i);
            return reg;
        }
    }
    return 0;// if 0 is the input then there is no enry in the "if loop"

}

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

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

Solving Approach