how do i change from string to list

[Ivo Woltring]

str='spot'

lst = [] # declare the list first
for letter in str:
    lst.append(letter) # append to the list

print lst

result: ['s', 'p', 'o', 't']

cheerz,
Ivo.


"john" <miodio67 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have the following
>
> s = "spot"
>
> which I would like to change to a list
>
> l = ['s','p','o','t']
>
> I have tried  l = eval(s) but I get the error
>
> File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: spot
>
> thank you all for your time