python split on character but keep character code example

Example 1: python split string in characters

# Python3 program to Split string into characters 
def split(word): 
    return [char for char in word]  
      
# Driver code 
word = 'geeks'
print(split(word))

Example 2: python split string in characters

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