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 u16_value;
    uint16_t u16_Bitvalue;
    for(int i=0; i<8 ;i++)
    {
        u16_Bitvalue = (uint16_t)(val >> i) & 1;
        u16_value |= u16_Bitvalue << (i*2);
    }
    return u16_value;
}

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

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

Solving Approach