Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) 
{
    // Your logic here
   
    uint16_t result = 0;
    int j = 0;
    for(j = 0;j < 8;j++ )
    {
       uint16_t bit = (val >> j) & 1;
       result = result  | (bit << (2*j));
       
        

    }
    
  return result;
}

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

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