# Split char from word

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-char-from-word/44364>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-char-from-word/44364 "2020-08-05T20:38:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fuad\_Sami](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fuad_sami/32/16900_2.png) [@Fuad\_Sami](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fuad_Sami)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-char-from-word/44364/1 "2020-08-05T20:38:50Z")

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help please

i have an array `arr = [AAAAA]`  
i need to split it to `arr = [A,A,A,A,A]`

i tried the split method put it does not work

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-char-from-word/44364/2 "2020-08-05T20:46:57Z")

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I’m not sure I understand your question. Do you mean you are starting with a string, and want to split it into an array of characters?

```julia
julia> s = "AAAAAA"
"AAAAAA"

julia> collect(s)
6-element Array{Char,1}:
 'A'
 'A'
 'A'
 'A'
 'A'
 'A'

```

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**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-char-from-word/44364/3 "2020-08-05T23:56:58Z")

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If you want your result to be `String`s instead of Characters then `split("AAA", "")`