How do I convert string to list in Python?

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How do I convert def stringParametre(x) x to a list so that if x is hello then it will become a list like ["H","E","l","l","O"] . Capitals don't matter .

Possible duplicate of [convert a string to an array](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5387208/convert-a-string-to-an-array) — Vincent Orback, Mar 09 '16 at 22:40

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 22:37

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Note that you do not have to convert to a list if all you want to do is to iterate over the characters of the string:

for c in "hello":
     # do something with c

works

answered Mar 09 '16 at 22:37

Dimitri Merejkowsky

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 22:39

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Building on @idjaw's comment:

def stringParametre(x):
    return list(x)

Of course this will have an error if x is not a string (or other sequence type).

answered Mar 09 '16 at 22:39

John Gordon

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correction: will raise an error if x is not iterable, will obviously not give desired results if x is not a `str` – Tadhg McDonald-Jensen Mar 09 '16 at 22:40

nobody · Answer 3 · 2016-03-09T22:41:18.917

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list(x)

OR

mylist = []
for c in x:
    mylist.append(c)

edited Mar 09 '16 at 22:41

answered Mar 09 '16 at 22:40

nobody

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How do I convert string to list in Python?

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