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Give me a Python function to return a colon as a list in Python.
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Here is a Python function to return a colunm as a list in Python

import pandas as pd

def _return_column_as_list(column):
    """Returns a column as a list."""
    return [str(x) for x in column]

# Enter the column
column = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]

# Calling the function
list_of_list = _return_column_as_list(column)

# Printing the list_of_list
print(list_of_list)

#Example Output
# ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']

#Remember to inspect code for bugs.