how do i change from string to list

[dataangel]

Michael Hoffman wrote:

> Ivo Woltring wrote:
>
>> str='spot'
>>
>> lst = [] # declare the list first
>> for letter in str:
>>     lst.append(letter) # append to the list
>>
>> print lst
>
>
> I just would have used list("spot").
>
>> result: ['s', 'p', 'o', 't']
>
>
> Same result but faster, more transparent, and with a lot less code.
>
> Also, please don't top-post.

Also, if for some reason you didn't want to use list that would look 
more elegant as a list comprehension:

 >>> y = "Hello!"
 >>> [x for x in y]
['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '!']
 >>>