Convert Hexadecimal String to Integer Without strtol or sscanf functions

Code

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

uint16_t hex_to_uint(const char *str) {
    int result = 0;
    while(*str != '\0'){
        result <<= 4;
        if(*str >= '0' && *str <= '9')
            result += *str - '0';
        else if(*str >= 'A' && *str <= 'F')
            result += *str - 'A' + 10;
        else if(*str >= 'a' && *str <= 'f')
            result += *str - 'a' + 10;
        str++;
    }
    return result;
}

int main() {
    char hex[10];
    scanf("%s", hex);

    printf("%u", hex_to_uint(hex));
    return 0;
}

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