How do i split a string in a list in python?

Question

The list is:

key =['!"c5Ha:m']

how do i split it into

      ['!','"','c','H','a',':','m'] 

in order to convert it into ASCII code.

Answer 1

Call list on the item in the list:

>>> list(key[0])
['!','"','c','H','a',':','m']