Added a few bit-manipulation snippets in C

Author: aelshinawy

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/clear-ith-bit.md

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+---
+title: Clear ith bit
+description: Clear the ith bit of a number and returns the resulting number
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, clear
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+int clear_ith_bit(int n, int i) {
+    return n & ~(1 << i);
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+clear_ith_bit(10, 1); // Returns: 8
+clear_ith_bit(10, 3); // Returns: 2
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/count-set-bits.md

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+---
+title: Count Set Bits
+description: Counts the number of set bits in an int
+tags: bit-manipulation, count
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+int count_set_bits(int n) {
+    int count = 0;
+    while (n) {
+        n &= (n - 1);
+        count++;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+count_set_bits(5);   // Returns: 2
+count_set_bits(255); // Returns: 8
+count_set_bits(8);   // Returns: 1
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/get-ith-bit.md

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+---
+title: Get ith bit
+description: Get the i-th bit of a number
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, get
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+int get_ith_bit(int n, int i) {
+    return (n >> i) & 1;
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+get_ith_bit(10, 0); // Returns: 0
+get_ith_bit(10, 1); // Returns: 1
+get_ith_bit(10, 2); // Returns: 0
+get_ith_bit(10, 3); // Returns: 1
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/is-odd.md

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+---
+title: Is Odd
+description: Check if a number is odd
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, is-odd
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+bool is_odd(int n) {
+    return n & 1;
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+is_odd(10); // Returns: false
+is_odd(11); // Returns: true
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/set-ith-bit.md

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+---
+title: Set ith bit
+description: Set the i-th bit of a number and returns the resulting number
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, set
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+int set_ith_bit(int n, int i) {
+    return n | (1 << i);
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+set_ith_bit(10, 0); // Returns: 11
+set_ith_bit(10, 2); // Returns: 14
+set_ith_bit(1, 8);  // Returns: 257
+set_ith_bit(1, 3);  // Returns: 9
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/swap-numbers.md

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+---
+title: Swap Numbers
+description: Swap two numbers without a temporary variable
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, swap
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+void swap(int *a, int *b) {
+    *a ^= *b;
+    *b ^= *a;
+    *a ^= *b;
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+int x = 5, y = 10;
+swap(&x, &y);
+printf("x = %d, y = %d\n", x, y); // x = 10, y = 5
+```

snippets/c/bit-manipulation/toggle-ith-bit.md

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+---
+title: Toggle ith bit
+description: Toggle the i-th bit of a number and returns the resulting number
+tags: bit-manipulation, number, toggle
+author: aelshinawy
+---
+
+```c
+int toggle_ith_bit(int n, int i) {
+    return n ^ (1 << i);
+}
+
+
+// Usage:
+toggle_ith_bit(10, 0); // Returns: 11
+toggle_ith_bit(10, 1); // Returns: 8
+toggle_ith_bit(8, 1);  // Returns: 10
+```