Thread: Bitwise Operators in C

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    Bitwise Operators in C

    Can you help me with this example where i take from the deitels book.
    In the example we compare the value and the displayMask value with & and we are writing 1 or 0 but the point that i dont understand that how do we compare this two value cause there is more than one value but we are writing only one bit for each loop.
    thanks in advance.
    Code:
    // Fig. 10.7: fig10_07.c
    // Displaying an unsigned int in bits
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    void displayBits(unsigned int value); // prototype
    
    int main(void)
    {
        unsigned int x; // variable to hold user input
    
    printf("%s", "Enter a nonnegative int: ");
        scanf("%u", &x);
    
        displayBits(x);
    }
    
    // display bits of an unsigned int value
    void displayBits(unsigned int value)
    {
        // define displayMask and left shift 31 bits
    unsigned int displayMask = 1 << 31;
    
        printf("%u = ", value);
    
        // loop through bits
    for (unsigned int c = 1; c <= 32; ++c) {
            putchar(value & displayMask ? '1' : '0');
            value <<= 1; // shift value left by 1
    
    if (c % 8 == 0) { // output space after 8 bits
    putchar(' ');
            }
        }
    
        putchar('\n');
    }

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    Please edit your code.
    Either "copy as text" from your IDE/Text editor, or "paste as text" in your browser (or try ctrl-shift-v).

    I edited it here for you, but you need to do this yourself.
    %n specifier use in C
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