python how to split a string into based on charcters code example

Example 1: how to split a string by character in python

def split(word): 
    return [char for char in word]  
      
# Driver code 
word = 'geeks'
print(split(word)) 

#Output ['g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's']

Example 2: how to split a string into a list of characters in python

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