Input from string to list

Question

Is there a way in python to ask for an input and turn it into a list. For example: ask for a name and turn 'John' into J,o,h,n?
I assume it can be done, but is there some simple command to do it directly when receiving the or does it take something more complex after the input is entered?

Answer 1

s = "John"
l = list(s)
print l # ['J','o','h','n']