Set a C++ bitset from a binary input steam

Question

I have an input stream from a binary file. I want to create a bitset for the first 5 bits of the stream. Here is the code I have so far:

ifstream is;    
is.open ("bin_file.out", ios::binary );

bitset<5> first_five_bits;

is >> first_five_bits; // always is set to default 00000

Answer 1

char c;
if( ! cin.get(c) ) throw ROFL();  // return error, flip bit, call mom
bitset<5> first_five_bits(c >> (CHAR_BIT-5));  // CHAR_BIT in <climits>

Answer 2

Streams don't work with bits, so you should read in a byte and set that to the bitset.

Not compiled, not tested:

char c;
is >> c;
bitset<5> first_five_bits(c >> 3);