Keep Only the Highest Set Bit

Code

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

// Complete the function
uint16_t highest_set_bit(uint16_t reg) {
    // Your logic here
    int hightest_bit= -1;
    for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
    {
        if( (reg >> i) & 1)
        {
            hightest_bit = i;
        }
    }
    if(hightest_bit != -1)
    {
        return (1 << hightest_bit);
    }
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

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

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

Solving Approach