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= 0; i< 8; i++)
    {
        uint16_t bit = (val >> i) & 1U;
        // Place it into position 2*i of result
        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;
}

Solving Approach