C Primer Plus, Fourth Edition

Programming Exercises

1. Write a function that converts a binary string to a numeric value. That is, if you have

   char * pbin = "01001001";
   

   you can pass pbin as an argument to the function and have the function return an int value of 25.

2. Write a program that reads two binary strings as command-line arguments and prints the results of applying the ~ operator to each number and the results of applying the &, |, and ^ operators to the pair. Show the results as binary strings.

3. Write a function that takes an int argument and returns the number of on bits in the argument.

4. Write a function that takes two int arguments: a value and a bit position. Have the function return 1 if that particular bit position is 1, and have it return 0 otherwise.

5. Write a function ...