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 result = 0;
    int bit;

    bit = (val >> 0) & 1;
    result |= bit << 0; 

    for (int i = 1; i < 8; i++)
    {
        bit = (val >> i) & 1; 
        result |= bit << i * 2;
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach