title: How do I split a string into a list of characters?
body: <p>How do I split a string into a list of characters? <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.split" rel="noreferrer"><code>str.split</code></a> does not work.</p>
  <pre><code>&quot;foobar&quot;    →    ['f', 'o', 'o', 'b', 'a', 'r']
  </code></pre>