def tobits(s):
	"""
	Returns an array of bits from the passed string
	
		Parameters:
			s (string): any length of string to be converted to bits
			
		Return:
			(list of ints): bits of s
	"""
	result = []
	for c in s:
		bits = bin(ord(c))[2:]
		bits = '00000000'[len(bits):] + bits
		result.extend([int(b) for b in bits])
	return result