Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t result=0;
    for(int i=0;i<16;i++)
    {
       uint16_t bit = ((val>>i) & 1U);
    
       result |= (bit<<i*2);
    }
    return result;
    return 0;
}

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

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