Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint16_t val_new = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i <= 7; i++){
        val_new |= ((val>>(i)) & 1U)<<(i*2);
    }

    return val_new;
}

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

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