Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    uint16_t result = 0;
    for(int i = 7; i >= 0; i--){
        if((val & (1U << i)) > 0){
            result |= 1U;
        }
        if(i > 0){
            result <<= 2;
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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

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