Print Binary Representation of an 8-bit or 16-bit Value

Code

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

void print_binary(uint16_t val) {
    uint8_t bits = (val <= 255) ? 8 : 16;

    for (int8_t i = bits - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        if (val & (1 << i)) {
            printf("1");
        } else {
            printf("0");
        }
    }
}


int main() {
    uint16_t val;
    scanf("%hu", &val);
    print_binary(val);
    return 0;
}

Solving Approach