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 result;
    for (uint8_t i = 0 ; i < 8 ; i++)
    {
       uint8_t bit = (val >> i) & 1;           // Extract i-th bit
        result |= (bit << (2 * i));
    }
    return result;

    return 0;
}

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

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

Solving Approach