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C

#include <stdio.h>
/*
* Generate mask indicating leftmost 1 in x. Assume w=32.
* For example, 0xFF00 -> 0x8000, and 0x6600 --> 0x4000.
* If x = 0, then return 0.
*/
int leftmost_one(unsigned x) {
unsigned t = x;
t = t >> 1;
t = t | (t >> 1);
t = t | (t >> 2);
t = t | (t >> 4);
t = t | (t >> 8);
t = t | (t >> 16);
return (t + 1) & x;
}
int main() {
printf("%.8X %.8X\n", 0x06050403, leftmost_one(0x06050403));
printf("%.8X %.8X\n", 0xF0F0F0F0, leftmost_one(0xF0F0F0F0));
printf("%.8X %.8X\n", 0x00000000, leftmost_one(0x00000000));
printf("%.8X %.8X\n", 0x00000001, leftmost_one(0x00000001));
}