Splitting all characters in a string into an array in python

Question

Is there any way to split a string such as '00:00' into an array such as ['0', '0, ':' , '0', '0'] ? I have tried:

time = raw_input()
digital = time.split()

where time is the input string '00:00'.

willeM_ Van Onsem · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-28 18:52:09Z

5

No need to split, you can simply use list(..):

digital = list(time)

A string is a iterable: you can iterate over the characters. The list(..) constructor takes as input an iterable, and constructs a list where each element of the iterable (the characters in this case), is an element of the list.

For example:

>>> time = raw_input()
00:00
>>> list(time)
['0', '0', ':', '0', '0']

answered Jul 28, 2017 at 18:52

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