python , bit represantation

Question

I'm creating a 8-bits number with numpy:

a = numpy.uint8(2)

and сall :

bin(a)

Result : ob10 ,but I want to have a representation where all bits of my numbers filled : 00000010

Possible duplicate of [Binary representation of float in Python (bits not hex)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16444726/binary-representation-of-float-in-python-bits-not-hex) — Jongware, May 07 '16 at 10:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '16 at 12:51

1

use this function

def getBits(a):
    binary=bin(a)
    zeros_required=8-(len(binary)-2)
    return '0'*zeros_required+binary[2:]

answered May 06 '16 at 12:51

Mitiku

I would recommend using `.zfill()` for that, i.e. `return bin(a)[2:].zfill(8)`. – marcelm May 06 '16 at 19:46

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