Re: How to parse a string completely into a list

[Tino Wildenhain]

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On Sep 24, 10:12 pm, Matt Nordhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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On Sep 24, 9:44 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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Could you please define exactly what you mean by "elements" of a string?
If you mean characters, then just use list():>>> list("  \n \t abc")
[' ', ' ', '\n', ' ', '\t', ' ', 'a', 'b', 'c']
Regards,
Chris

Worked like a charm.
kudos!

Why do you need to convert it to a list? Strings are sequences, so you
can do things like slice them or iterate through them by character:

for character in "foo":

...     print character
...
f
o
o

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The string draws a map that I then want to be able to traverse
through. If I can count through the individual characters of a list I
can create an x-y coordinate plane for navigation.

You can 'count' (whatever that means) equally in strings as you do in
lists. As said above, they behave exactly the same. Just strings
are imutable - e.g. you can't change individual parts of them.

Tino

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