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 result=val;
    result= (result|(result<<4)) & 0x0F0F;
     result= (result|(result<<2)) & 0x3333;
      result= (result|(result<<1)) & 0x5555;
      

    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach