Algorithm for copying N bits at arbitrary position from one int to another

Question

An interesting problem I\'ve been pondering the past few days is how to copy one integer\'s bits into another integer at a given position in the destination integer. So, for exa

Answer 1

uint32_t copy_bits(uint32_t dst, uint32_t src, uint8_t end_bit, uint8_t start_bit)

{

uint32_t left, right, mask, result;

if (end_bit <= start_bit)
{
    printf("%s: end_bit:%d shall be greater than start_bit: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, end_bit, start_bit);
    return 0;
}

left   = ~0; // All Fs
right  = ~0;
result = 0;
left  >>= ((sizeof(uint32_t)*8) - end_bit); // Create left half of mask
right <<= start_bit; // Create right half of mask
mask   =  (left & right); // Now you have the mask for specific bits
result = (dst & (~mask)) | (src & (mask));
printf("%s, dst: 0x%08x, src: 0x%08x, end_bit: %d, start_bit: %d, mask: 0x%08x, result: 0x%08x\n",
      __FUNCTION__, dst, src, end_bit, start_bit, mask, result);

return result;

}