Bitwise Operations in C++

char x = 'A';
char x1 = 0;
cout << x << endl;
char bitler[8];
for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {
    bitler[i] = x & 1; // 0101010a & 00000001 = 0000000a for a€{0,1}
    x >>= 1; // (00111110 << 1) returns 00011111
}
for(int i=7; i>=0; i--) {
    x1 <<= 1; // (00111110 << 1) returns 01111100
    x1 |= bitler[i]; // 01010100 | 0000000a = 0101010a for a€{0,1}
}
cout << x1 << endl;