Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here

    uint16_t result = 0, bit = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
        // extract ith bit 
        bit = (val & 1);
        val = val >> 1;
        // push the bit to the even position
        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;
}