Bitwise Operations in C

 Bitwise Operations in C

Bitwise operations allow you to manipulate individual bits of data. They are useful for tasks such as setting/clearing specific bits, checking bit flags, or performing bitwise logical operations.

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

    unsigned int flags = 0b1010;  // Binary representation: 1010

    // Setting bit 2 (third bit) to 1

    flags |= (1 << 2);

    // Clearing bit 0 (first bit)

    flags &= ~(1 << 0);

    // Checking if bit 3 (fourth bit) is set

    if (flags & (1 << 3)) {

        printf("Bit 3 is set.\n");

    }

    // Toggling bit 1 (second bit)

    flags ^= (1 << 1);

    // Printing the resulting flags value

    printf("Flags: %u\n", flags);

    return 0;

}