Takes a number and a number of bits and returns a True-False representation of the number with bits bits.

getBinary.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

def getBinary(number, bits):
    """ Takes a number and a number of bits and returns a True-False
        representation of the number with bits bits.
        @param number: The number you want to convert
        @param bits: The number of bits
        @return a list of True / False values
    """
    returnVal = []
    places = bits-1
    while places >= 0:
        if number >= 2**places:
            number -= 2**places
            returnVal.append(True)
        else:
            returnVal.append(False)
        places -= 1
        
    return returnVal
            
print getBinary(3, 4)
print getBinary(5, 4)
print getBinary(12, 3)