Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t res =0X0000;
    
    
        for (int i=0;i<8;i++)
        {
            uint8_t bit = (val>>i)&1;
             res = res | (bit<<(2*i));
        }
       

  
    return res;
}

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

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

Solving Approach