Compress Interleaved Bits Reverse Bit Spreading

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

uint8_t compress_bits(uint16_t val) {
    // Your logic here
    //
    uint8_t res =0;
   // uint8_t dest_bit = 0;
    uint8_t dest_cnt = 0;
    for(uint8_t i =0; i < 16;i+=2)
    {
        uint8_t dest_bit = ((val >> i) & 1); //
        res |= (dest_bit << dest_cnt);
        dest_cnt++;
    }
    return res;
}

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

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