Hi, I'm afraid I couldn't really find any C questions in your post, which is probably why you're having a hard time acquiring answers them by looking for information about C functions.

You ask...

Can you please remove the HowStuffWorks (http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm) link from the original post or better yet point out that it's horrible. It is full of information that ranges from...

You are not checking the return code of fread. In addition, you are checking for feof in the wrong spot. Your problem is similar to what's explained in this FAQ:...

You should use tags so that it is indented correctly and things like ::print isn't replaced with a smiley face and "rint".

Also, you are inputting into the automatic variables a and b in main. ...

This has the pungeant stench of homework, so I won't just do it for you.

Have you googled at all for C bit manipulation, or bitwise operations?

Hint: You will need to mask away the bits that...