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 bit=0,res;
    for(int pos = 0 ; pos<8 ; pos++)
    {
        bit = (val >> pos) & 1;
        res |= (bit << (pos * 2)); 

    }
    return res;
}

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

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

Solving Approach