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 new_val = 0;
    for (int i = 0;i<8;i++) {
        new_val <<= 1;
        new_val |= (val&1);
        val >>= 2;
    }
    uint8_t new_val1 = 0;
    for (int i = 0;i<8;i++){
        new_val1 <<=1;
        new_val1 |= (new_val&1);
        new_val >>=1;
    }
    return new_val1;
}

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

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

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