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authorAdam Carpenter <gitlab@53hor.net>2019-07-23 12:09:24 -0400
committerAdam Carpenter <gitlab@53hor.net>2019-07-23 12:09:24 -0400
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+#include<stdio.h>
+
+/*
+ * Returns x with the n bits that begin at position p inverted (i.e., 1 changed
+ * into 0 and vice versa), leaving the others unchanged.
+ */
+
+unsigned invert(unsigned x, unsigned p, unsigned n) {
+ // Create mask where bits should be flipped.
+ unsigned mask = ~(~0 << n) << (p + 1 - n);
+
+ // Flip bits with mask.
+ return x ^ mask;
+}
+
+int main() {
+ printf("%x\n", invert(0xaa, 3, 3));
+ printf("%x\n", invert(0xff, 3, 3));
+}