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 = 0;
    
    for (int i = 7; i >=0; i--) {
        result |= (((val>>i) & 1) << (i*2));
        
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach