How to convert string into list in python

Question

I have string as:

myString = 'example'

How can I convert it into a list as :

lst = ['example'] 

in an efficient way?

• Vineeth Sai: either [s] or s.split() when s='example'. Although s.split() is much slower.
• Sreeram TP: Possible duplicate of String to list in Python

Answer 1

The most natural way is correct:

mystr = 'example'
lst = [mystr]

Also, don't name your variables str; it overrides the built-in str.

Answer 2

you can use the append() function to achieve that:

lst = []
str = 'example'
lst.append(str)

Answer 3

str='example'

l=list(str)

Now l will contain ['e', 'x', 'a', 'm', 'p', 'l', 'e']