Question

I’m looking for the Python way to take a string and pass it to a function as a list, like so:

word = 'abc'
result = crazyfunction(cast(word,[]))

so that crazyfunction will receive a list like this:

word[0] = 'abc'

instead of a string.

The goal is to cast in the function parameter, instead of having to do an assignment before each call.

Answer 1

From your example, it looks like it would be as simple as building a list. Just call the function like this: crazyfunction(['abc'])

EDIT: Just tested it in the console:

>>> def printfirst(lst):
...     print lst[0]
...
>>> printfirst('hello')
h
>>> printfirst(['hello'])
hello