Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t temp_reg=0;
    uint8_t counter=0;
    for(int i=0;i<16;i++){
        if(i%2==0){
            if(val & (1<<counter)){
            temp_reg |=(1<<i);
            }
            counter++;
        }
    }
    return temp_reg;
}

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

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

Solving Approach