Keep Only the Highest Set Bit

Code

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

// Complete the function
uint16_t highest_set_bit(uint16_t reg) {
    uint16_t condition = 0;
    int count = 0;
    int highest_bit = 15;
    while (!condition) {
        condition = (reg & (1 << (highest_bit - count)));
        count++;

        if (count > 15)
            break;      
    }

    return condition;
}

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

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

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Input

44

Expected Output

32