display a specific category level of a post inside the loop

function get_level($category, $level = 0)
{
    if ($category->category_parent == 0) {
        return $level;
    } else {
        $level++;
        $category = get_category($category->category_parent);
        return get_level($category, $level);
    }
}

function display_cat_level( $level = 0 , $link=false){

    $cats = get_the_category( );
    if( $cats ){
        foreach($cats as $cat){
            $current_cat_level = get_level($cat);
            if( $current_cat_level  == $level ){
                if($link==true) {
                    echo '<a href="'.get_category_link($cat->cat_ID).'">'.$cat->name."</a><br />";
                } else {
                    echo $cat->name."<br />";
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/////////////////*********** <?php display_cat_level(X,true); ?> X is category level, true/false is link