#include <iostream>

char GetBitArrayAsByte(const char inputArray[8])
{
    char result = 0;
    for (int idx = 0; idx < 8; ++idx)
    {
        result |= (inputArray[7-idx] << idx);
    }
    return result;
}

int main()
{
    char lineOneC[8] = {0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1}; 
    if (GetBitArrayAsByte(lineOneC) == 97)
    {
        std::cout << "Success!";
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "Failure!";
    }
}

Success!