Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t result;
    for (uint16_t i = 0 ; i< 16 ; i++){
        if(i%2 == 0){
            if(val & (1 << (i/2))){
                result |= (1 << i);
            }else{
               result |= (0 << i);  
            }
        }else{
            result |= (0 << i);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach