How to parse a string completely into a list

[Tino Wildenhain]

john.ford at colorado.edu wrote:
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> 
> Ahh, but I forgot to mention that I have to mark the path I took in
> the string. So using list() and then join() are my best options.

Still you would not need to create a list out of the string on your
way. Just append the stepstone chars to a new list during your walk.
Hoewever it entirely depends on your algorithm.

Tino
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