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

Code

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

void print_binary(uint16_t val)
{
    int bits = 0;

    if (val <= 255)
    {
        bits = 8;
    }
    else
    {
        bits = 16;
    }

    for (int i = bits - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        //putchar((val & (1 << i)) ? '1' : '0');
        unsigned int num = ((val >> i) & 1);
        printf("%u", num);

    }
}

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

Solving Approach