Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    int count = 8;
    uint16_t store = 0;
    while(count)
    {
        store = store|((val>>count)&1);
        count--;
        store = store << 2;
    }
    if(val&1)
    {
        store = store | 1;
    }
    return store;

}

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

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