Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    uint16_t result = 0;

for(uint8_t i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
    if(val & (1 << i))      // check bit i
    {
        result |= (1 << (2*i));   // place bit at even position
    }
}

return result;
}

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

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