Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

#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++)
                {
                        if (val & (1 << i))
                                {
                                            result |= (1 << (2 * i));
                                                    }
                                                        }

                                                            return result;
                                                            }

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

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