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 NewVal = 0x0000;
    for(int i = 0; i <8; i++){
        uint8_t bit = (val >> i ) & 1;
        NewVal |= (bit << (2*i));

    }
    return NewVal;
}

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

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

Solving Approach