python split word letters into list 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 into a list of characters in python

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