python split letters from string code example

Example 1: how to split a word into letters in python

def split(word):
    return [char for char in word] 

word = "word"
print(split(word))
#output: ["w", "o", "r", "d"]

Example 2: python split string in characters

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