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 i = 0;
    uint16_t tmp = reg;
    while (tmp > 1){
        tmp = reg >> i;
        ++i;
    }
    // printf("i = %d", i);

    return (reg & (1U << (i - 1)));
}

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

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

Solving Approach