int HighestBitSet (unsigned int n)
{
    double x;
    int exp;
    x = frexp((double)n, &exp);
    return exp-1;
}

To see how it works, look up the standard C++ function frexp.

Dave

On Jun 22, 2:37 pm, Anand <anandut2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How to find the Most significant bit position of a given number which is
> set.

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