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Union struct and bitfield in C

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Typical usage of a bitfield with struct and union in C

/*
 * Copyright © 2016 Enrico Rossi <e.rossi@tecnobrain.com>
 *
 * This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2,
 * as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details.
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>

union status_t {
	struct {
		uint8_t b7:1;
		uint8_t b6:1;
		uint8_t b5:1;
		uint8_t b4:1;
		uint8_t b3:1;
		uint8_t b2:1;
		uint8_t b1:1;
		uint8_t b0:1;
	} bits;

	uint8_t byte;
};

int main(void)
{
	union status_t status;
	int i;

	printf("The size of the union is: %01x byte.\n", sizeof(status));

	for (i=0; i<8; i++) {
		status.byte = (1<<i);
		printf("Setting bit %d: %01x%01x%01x%01x%01x%01x%01x%01x\n", i,
				status.bits.b0, status.bits.b1, status.bits.b2, status.bits.b3,
				status.bits.b4, status.bits.b5, status.bits.b6, status.bits.b7);
	}

	return(0);
}