Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val)
{
    // Your logic here
uint16_t return_value=0;
  for(int i=0;i<8;i++)
  {
       return_value=(return_value|(((val>>i)&1)<<i*2));
  }  
    return return_value;
}

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

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