[Python] How can I convert a string into a list of characters in Python? [duplicate]

I want to convert a string into a list containing the individual characters of that string in Python. How can I do that in a simple way?

my_string = "hello"


Expected result: ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

my_string = "hello"



I tried splitting the string using the split() method, but it didn't work for characters.

split_string = my_string.split() # This splits by spaces, not by characters.
print(split_string)

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