python split string into letters 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: 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 3: python split string in characters

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

Example 4: python string to list of chars

l = list('abcd')  	        # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
l = map(None, 'abcd')       # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
l = [i for i in 'abcd']	    # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

import re               # importing regular expression module
l = re.findall('.', 'abcd')
print(l)                	# ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

Example 5: python split string on char

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