how to split string into characters in c# code example

Example 1: making a list of chars in c#

string data = "ABCDEFGHIJ1fFJKAL";
List<char> datalist = new List<char>();
datalist.AddRange(data);

Example 2: how to turn a string in a char list c#

string sentence = "Mahesh Chand";  
char[] charArr = sentence.ToCharArray();  
foreach (char ch in charArr)  
{  
    Console.WriteLine(ch);  
}