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  ram  = 0;
    uint16_t  mask = 0;
    uint8_t pos = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < 16; i +=2){
          
          if((1 << i) & val){
             ram |= (1 << pos);
          }
          pos++;
    }
    
    return ram;
}

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

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

Solving Approach