split a string into char list python 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 on char

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