Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

Code

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

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    int bit_extract=0;
    int ret_val=0;
    for (int i=0;i<8;i++){
        bit_extract= (1 & (val>>i));
        //printf("%d",bit_extract);
        ret_val |= bit_extract<<(2*i);
    }
    return ret_val;
}

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

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

Solving Approach