Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) 
{
    uint16_t value = val;
    uint16_t result = 0;
    for(int i = 7; i >= 0 ; i--)
    {
        if((value >> i) & 1)
        {
            result |= (1 << (2 * i));
            //printf("%u ",result);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach