how to get the most significant bit from a byte?

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Peter · Accepted Answer

If he was asking about converting a decimal integer number into binary and getting the most significant bit out of it, then the answer is just: divide by 2, again and again until you get the last '1';

Or using programming code:
while(x)
{
  x >>= 1;
  ++n;
}

Anonymous · Answer

I couldnt understand what he ment by byte. I thought eight bits in binary format. But what he was asking about converting a decimal number into binary and getting the most significant bit out of it.

rkt · Answer

right shift the number by 7 positions and you get the most significant bit
printf("%d",n>>7);

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