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) {
    uint16_t result=0;
    uint16_t valCarac = 0;
    for(int i=0;str[i]!='\0';i++){
        if(str[i]>='A' && str[i]<='F') valCarac = str[i]-'A'+10;
        else if(str[i]>='a' && str[i]<='f') valCarac = str[i]-'a'+10;
        else valCarac = str[i]-'0';
        result = (result * 16) + valCarac;
    }
    return result;
}

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

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

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