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

Code

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

void print_binary(uint16_t val) {
    if(val <= 255){
        uint8_t byte1 = val;
        for(int i = 7; i >= 0; i--){
            printf("%d", (byte1 >> i) & 1);
        }
    }
    else{
        uint16_t byte2 = val;
        for(int i = 15; i >= 0; i--){
            printf("%d", (byte2 >> i) & 1);
        }
    }


}

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

Solving Approach