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 data = 0;
    for(int i=0; i<8; i++)
    {
        //data = data<<1;
        int bit = (val>>i) & 1;
        data = data | (bit << (2*i));
  
    }
    return data;
}

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

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

Solving Approach