Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t res = 0;
    uint8_t pos;

    for (pos=0; pos<sizeof(uint8_t)*8; pos++)
    {
        res |= (((val>>pos)&1) << (2*pos));
    }
    return res;
}

int main() {
    uint8_t val;
    scanf("%hhu", &val);

    uint16_t result = spread_bits(val);
    printf("%u", result);
    return 0;
}