PYTHON

char list to string python

print("".join(["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]))

python character list to string

string_holder = ""
string_list = ( "h", "e", "l", "l" ,"o" )
string_holder.join(string_list) 
print(string_holder)
#output 
# hello

python string to list of chars

l = list('abcd')  	        # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
l = map(None, 'abcd')       # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
l = [i for i in 'abcd']	    # ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

import re               # importing regular expression module
l = re.findall('.', 'abcd')
print(l)                	# ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

how to save string characters into char array or list in python

fd = open(filename, 'rU')
chars = []
for line in fd:
    chars.extend(line)