Compress Interleaved Bits Reverse Bit Spreading

Code

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

uint8_t compress_bits(uint16_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    uint8_t compressed_val = 0;
    
    for(int i=0; i<8; i++){
        compressed_val |= (val & 0x01) << i;
        val >>= 2;
    }
    
    return compressed_val;
}

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

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

Solving Approach