C Program to Replace Bits from Specified Position

This is a C Program to replace bits in integer from specified positions from another integer

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/*
 * C Program to Replace Bits in Integer from Specified Positions from 
 * Another Integer
 */
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main ()
{
	int num1 = 0, num2 = 0, i = 0, j = 0, xor = 0, res = 0;
	printf ("Enter the first number: ");
	scanf ("%d", &num1);
	printf ("\nEnter the second number: ");
	scanf ("%d", &num2);
	printf ("Enter the i'th bit in num1 to replace with j'th bit in num2: ");
	scanf ("%d", &i);
	printf ("\nEnter the j'th bit in num2 to replace with i'th bit in num1: ");
	scanf ("%d", &j);
	printf ("\n");
	if (num1 == num2 && i == j)
	{
		printf ("%d",num1);
		printf ("\n");
		return 0;
	}
	xor = ((num1 >> i) ^ (num2 >> j)) & 1;
	res = num1 ^ (xor << i) ^ (xor ^ j);
	printf ("\nResult = %d\n", res);
	return 0;
}

1. Take the input numbers from the user and store it in num1 & num2 variables. Prompt user to enter the position of ith bit in num1 which they want to replace jth bit in num2.
2. If loop is used to check whether both the numbers entered by the user are the same and also i == j. This gives us no effect, hence it return.
3. Fetch the jth bit from the num2 and ith bit from num1 by using xor = ((num1 >> i) ^ (num2 >> j)) & 1;
4. Now replace the ith bit in num1 with that of jth bit in num2 by using res = num1 ^ (xor << i) ^ (xor ^ j);
5. Print the result from res variable using print statement.

Test case 1 – Here, the first and second numbers are same.

$ gcc replace_bits.c -o replace
$ ./replace
 
Enter the first number: 10
 
Enter the second number: 10
 
Enter the i'th bit in num1 to replace with j'th bit in num2: 2
 
Enter the j'th bit in num2 to replace with i'th bit in num1: 1
 
Result = 14

Test case 2 – Here, the first and second numbers are single digit numbers.

$ gcc replace_bits.c -o replace
$ ./replace
 
Enter the first number: 2
 
Enter the second number: 9
 
Enter the i'th bit in num1 to replace with j'th bit in num2: 1
 
Enter the j'th bit in num2 to replace with i'th bit in num1: 2
 
Result = 3

Test case 3 – Here, the first and second numbers are double digit numbers.

$ gcc replace_bits.c -o replace
$ ./replace
 
Enter the first number: 99
 
Enter the second number: 100
 
Enter the i'th bit in num1 to replace with j'th bit in num2: 2
 
Enter the j'th bit in num2 to replace with i'th bit in num1: 5
 
Result = 99

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