#use this self made function when there is no good delimiter for the string
def Convert(string):
list1=[]
#the next line does the changing of the string into an array
#literally it means all elements up to but not including the first one, but just remember it as this is the way we turn a spaceless string into an array
list1[:0]=string
return list1
str1="abcdefghjiklmnopqrstuwxyz"
print(Convert(str1))