Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    uint16_t result = 0;

    for (uint8_t bit = 0; bit < 8 ; bit++) {
        result |= ((val & (1 << bit)) != 0) << (bit * 2);
    }

    return result;
}

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

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