Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    uint16_t value =0;
    uint8_t Iterator =0;
    for (uint8_t i=0; i<16; i++)
    {
        value &= ~(1<<i);
        if(i%2 == 0)
        {
            if(val & (1<<Iterator))
{
          value |= (1<<i);
          
}
 Iterator++; 
        }
        else 
        {

        }

        
    }
    return value;
}

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

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

Solving Approach