Compress Interleaved Bits Reverse Bit Spreading

Code

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

uint8_t compress_bits(uint16_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    int new_8bit=0;
    int value=0;
    int mask=0;
    int j=0;


    for (int i=0; i<=14;i+=2)
    {

        value=(val>>i)&1;

        new_8bit |= (value << j);


        new_8bit|=mask;
        j+=1;
    }
    return new_8bit;
}

int main() {
    uint16_t val;
    scanf("%hu", &val);

    uint8_t result = compress_bits(val);
    printf("%u", result);
    return 0;
}

Solving Approach