Converting strings to lists

We often want to convert strings to lists of their component characters. The instructions for doing so are simple and concise. We just apply the list function to the string. For example,

>>> list('ACACCTA')
['A', 'C', 'A', 'C', 'C', 'T', 'A']
>>> list('')
[]
>>> list('ACTacgGCA')
['A', 'C', 'T', 'a', 'c', 'g', 'G', 'C', 'A']

See also:

• Converting lists of characters to strings