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 result = 0;
    
    for (int n = 15; n >= 0; n--) {
        if (reg & (1 << n)) {
            result = 1 << n;
            break;
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach

for loop and bitwise operators