C bit operations / copy one bit from one byte to another byte

Question

I know how to set a bit, clear a bit , toggle a bit, and check if a bit is set.

But, how I can copy bit, for example nr 7 of byte_1 to bit nr 7 in byte_2 ?

It is possible without an if statement (without checking the value of the bit) ?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
int main(){
  int byte_1 = 0b00001111;
  int byte_2 = 0b01010101;

  byte_2 = // what's next ?

  return 0;
}

Answer 1

byte_2 = (byte_2 & 0b01111111) | (byte_1 & 0b10000000);

Answer 2

You need to first read the bit from byte1, clear the bit on byte2 and or the bit you read earlier:

read_from = 3;  // read bit 3
write_to = 5;   // write to bit 5

the_bit = ((byte1 >> read_from) & 1) << write_to;
byte2 &= ~(1 << write_to);
byte2 |= the_bit;

Note that the formula in the other answer (if you extend it to using variables, instead of just bit 7) is for the case where read_from and write_to are the same value.