Characterizing a union of intervals.

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Find the measure of the set of real numbers in $(0,1)$ whose binary expansions contains zeroes in the odd positions, such that $x = 0.k_1k_2k_3\ldots$

Checking odd positions one at a time:

If $k_1 = 0, x \in (0,\frac12)$.

If $k_1,k_2 = 0, x \in (0,\frac{1}{8}) \cup (\frac{2}{8},\frac38)$.

If $k_1,k_2,k_3 = 0, x \in (0,\frac{1}{32}) \cup (\frac{2}{32},\frac{3}{32}) \cup (\frac{8}{32},\frac{9}{32}) \cup (\frac{10}{32}.\frac{11}{32})$.

I'm at a loss for characterizing this in a more concise way, akin to the Cantor set, to the union containing all $x$ such that $k_1,k_2,\ldots,k_n = 0$.