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;
        uint16_t bit = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < 8;i++)
        {
           bit = (val >> i ) & 0x01 ;
           result |= (bit << (2*i));
        }
       
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach