Dsa
Bit Manipulation
Medium
Kth Bit Activation
Write a function that takes an integer n and an integer k. Your task is to find and return the integer generated by activating the k-th bit of the binary representation of n. If the k-th bit is already set, return n itself. If not, return the modified integer.
Example:
Input:
5 2
Output:
7
Explanation: The binary representation of 5 is 101. Activating the 2nd bit (counting from 0) results in 111, which is 7.
Key concepts
bit manipulationbit activationbit counting
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