How to get position of right most set bit in C

Question

int a = 12;

for eg: binary of 12 is 1100 so answer should be 3 as 3rd bit from right is set.

I want the position of the last most set bit o

Answer 1

Accourding to dbush's solution, Try this:

int rightMostSet(int a){
      if (!a) return -1;  //means there isn't any 1-bit
      int i=0;
      while(a&1==0){ 
        i++; 
        a>>1;
      }
      return i;
    }