How to get array of bits in a structure?

Question

I was pondering (and therefore am looking for a way to learn this, and not a better solution) if it is possible to get an array of bits in a structure.

Answer 1

this is abusive, and relies on an extension... but it worked for me:

struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) A
{
    unsigned int bit0:1;
    unsigned int bit1:1;
    unsigned int bit2:1;
    unsigned int bit3:1;
};
union U
{
    struct A structVal;
    int intVal;
};

int main()
{
    struct A a = {1, 0, 1, 1};
    union U u;
    u.structVal = a;
    for (int i =0 ; i<4; i++)
    {
        int mask = 1 << i;
        printf("%d\n", (u.intVal &  mask) >> i);
    }
    return 0;
}