Bit Spreading Interleave Bits with Zeros

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint16_t spread_bits(uint8_t val) {
    uint16_t lret = 0x0;
    uint8_t count = 0;

    while(count < 8) {
        lret |= ((val >> count) & 0x1) << (count*2);
        count++;
    }
    return lret;
}

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

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