Bit manipulation: get the bit at a given position (TheAlgorithms#4438)

Author: cereblanco

bit_manipulation/single_bit_manipulation_operations.py

@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ def is_bit_set(number: int, position: int) -> bool:
     return ((number >> position) & 1) == 1
 
 
+def get_bit(number: int, position: int) -> int:
+    """
+    Get the bit at the given position
+
+    Details: perform bitwise and for the given number and X,
+    Where X is a number with all the bits – zeroes and bit on given position – one.
+    If the result is not equal to 0, then the bit on the given position is 1, else 0.
+
+    >>> get_bit(0b1010, 0)
+    0
+    >>> get_bit(0b1010, 1)
+    1
+    >>> get_bit(0b1010, 2)
+    0
+    >>> get_bit(0b1010, 3)
+    1
+    """
+    return int((number & (1 << position)) != 0)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import doctest