Expand alphabetical range to list of characters in Python
alphabet, alphabetical, character, python, string
Solution
In [19]: s = 'B-F'
In [20]: list(map(chr, range(ord(s[0]), ord(s[-1]) + 1)))
Out[20]: ['B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F']
The trick is to convert both characters to their ASCII codes, and then use `range()`.
P.S. Since you require a list, the `list(map(...))` construct can be replaced with a list comprehension.
Problem
I have strings describing a range of characters alphabetically, made up of two characters separated by a hyphen. I'd like to expand them out into a list of the individual characters like this: ``` 'a-d' -> ['a','b','c','d'] 'B-F' -> ['B','C','D','E','F'] ``` What would be the best way to do this in Python?