Question: ( 2 marks) Write a sequence of five instructions to swap all bits in odd positions with bits in even positions for bit pattern x.

( 2 marks) Write a sequence of five instructions to swap all bits in odd positions with bits in even positions for bit pattern x. Assume that the bit pattern has 8 bits. For this question, right shift will be considered logical (>>). You should swap the bit at the ith position with the bit at the ith1 position, for i>0 and iw1, where w is the number of bits. So, you swap the bit at position 0 with the bit at position 1, the bit at position 2 with the bit at position 3 , and so on. Hint: - Use a mask and bit-wise logic operation to extract the bits at odd positions. Assign the result to a bit pattern y (i.e., y=xm, where is the corresponding logical operator and m is the bit mask) - Use a mask and bit-wise logic operation to extract the bits at even positions. Assign the result to a bit pattern z (i.e., z=xm ) - Shift and combine the new bit patterns (think to which direction each bit vector should be shifted) - Combine the two shifted bit patterns
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