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 new_bits = 0;
    uint16_t temp;
    for(uint8_t i = 0;i<8;i++){
        temp = (((val>>i)&1)<<i*2);
        new_bits = new_bits|temp;
    }
    return new_bits;
}

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

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

Solving Approach