how to split string characters in py code example

Example 1: how to split a string into a list of characters in python

list("python")
#output ["p", "y", "t", "h", "o", "n"]

Example 2: python split string in characters

s = "foobar"
list(s)
['f', 'o', 'o', 'b', 'a', 'r']

Example 3: python split string on char

>>> "MATCHES__STRING".split("__")
['MATCHES', 'STRING']