one way of bitwise operation of C using struct

#include <stdio.h>


struct pattern
{
   unsigned int status :1;

}patterns[32]={{0}};

void set_busy(struct pattern *ps,int i);
void set_idle(struct pattern *ps,int i);
int count_busy(struct pattern *ps);
void set_busy_range(struct pattern *ps,int from,int to);
int is_busy(struct pattern *ps,int i);

int main()
{
    int i = 0;
    struct pattern *ps = patterns;
    //set_busy_range(ps,5,10);
    for (ps = patterns;ps<patterns+32;ps++)
    {
        printf("pattern[%d]=%d\n",i,ps->status);
        i++;
    }


   printf("count = %d\n",count_busy(ps));
    return 0;
}

int count_busy(struct pattern *ps)
{

    int c1=0;
    for(ps=patterns;ps<patterns+32;ps++)
     {
         if (ps->status!=0)
           c1++;
    }
       return c1;
}

void set_busy_range(struct pattern *ps,int from,int to)
{
    for(ps=patterns+from;ps<=patterns+to;ps++)
    {
       ps->status=1;
    }
}

int is_busy(struct pattern *ps,int i)
{
    ps = ps+i;
    return (ps->status==1)? 1:0;
}

void set_busy(struct pattern *ps,int i)
{
    ps = ps+i;
    ps->status=1;
}

void set_idle(struct pattern *ps,int i)
{
    ps=ps+i;
    ps->status=0;
}