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<16; i++){
        if(i%2==0){
            if(((val>>(i/2))&1)){
                result |= (1<<i);
            }
        }else{
            result |= (0<<i);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

Solving Approach