There is no direct way (i.e. using printf
or another standard library function) to print it. You will have to write your own function.
/* This code has an obvious bug and another non-obvious one :) */
void printbits(unsigned char v) {
for (; v; v >>= 1) putchar('0' + (v & 1));
}
If you're using terminal, you can use control codes to print out bytes in natural order:
void printbits(unsigned char v) {
printf("%*s", (int)ceil(log2(v)) + 1, "");
for (; v; v >>= 1) printf("\x1b[2D%c",'0' + (v & 1));
}