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 bits= 0;

    for(int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
       if(val & (1<<i))
       {
          bits |= (1 << (i*2));
       }
      
    }
    return bits;
}

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

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

Solving Approach