split string word into list of characters python 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 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']