I need help coding in C$++.$ So I have an enum of $10$ elements and I want to be able to set and recieve these elements by using only one uint$8\_$t integer. This could be through bitwise manipulation. My issue is that with uint$8\_$t we can only shift $8$ times to represent only $8$ of the enum elements. How can I got about this without increasing the integer size or using any other data structures.

#include

#include

#include

$//$ Define your enum with $10$ version elements

enum VersionElement $\{$

VersionElement$\_0=0,$

VersionElement$\_1,$

VersionElement$\_2,$

VersionElement$\_3,$

VersionElement$\_4,$

VersionElement$\_5,$

VersionElement$\_6,$

VersionElement$\_7,$

VersionElement$\_8,$

VersionElement$\_9,$

Num$\_$VersionElements

$\}$;

class VersionValidator $\{$

private:

uint$8\_$t validationBitmask; $//$ Validation status bitmask

public:

$//$ Constructor to initialize validation status bitmask

VersionValidator$()$ : validationBitmask$(0)\{\}$

$//$ Function to set the validation status of a version element

void setValidationStatus$($VersionElement element$)\{$

uint$8\_$t bitmask $=1$U $<<$ static$\_$cast$($element$)$; $//$ Compute the bitmask for the element

validationBitmask $|=$ bitmask; $//$ Set the corresponding bit to $1$

std::cout $<<$ "validationBitmask: $"<<$ std::bitset$<8>($validationBitmask$)<<$ std::endl;

$\}$

$//$ Function to check if a version element is validated

bool isElementValidated$($VersionElement element$)$ const $\{$

uint$8\_$t bitmask $=1$U $<<$ static$\_$cast$($element$)$; $//$ Compute the bitmask for the element

return validationBitmask & bitmask; $//$ Check if the corresponding bit is set to $1$

$\}$

$\}$;

int main$()\{$

VersionValidator validator; $//$ Create an instance of VersionValidator

$//$ Example usage: Set validation status of VersionElement$\_0$

validator.setValidationStatus$($VersionElement$\_5)$;

validator.setValidationStatus$($VersionElement$\_7)$; $//$ Example usage of another element

validator.setValidationStatus$($VersionElement$\_9)$; $//$ Example usage of the last element

$//$ Example usage: Check if VersionElement$\_0$ is validated

if $($validator$.$isElementValidated$($VersionElement$\_5)$ && validator.isElementValidated$($VersionElement$\_7))\{$

std::cout $<<$ "OUT" $<<$ std::endl; $//$ VersionElement$\_0$ is validated

$\}$ else $\{$

$//$ VersionElement$\_0$ is not validated

$\}$

return $0$;

$\}$ integer size to uint$16\_$t and not adding any more data structures.