In [1]:
s = 'hello'
s


Out[1]:
'hello'

In [2]:
b = [s]
b


Out[2]:
['hello']

In [3]:
c = list(s)
c


Out[3]:
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

In [4]:
d = list(1)
d


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-25f447d05703> in <module>()
----> 1 d = list(1)
      2 d

TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

In [5]:
dd = list(1,)
dd


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-21a63ab663b2> in <module>()
----> 1 dd = list(1,)
      2 dd

TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

In [6]:
ddd = list((1,))
ddd


Out[6]:
[1]

In [7]:
e = list([1])
e


Out[7]:
[1]

In [8]:
f = list(1, 2)
f


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-04d6bacebfdb> in <module>()
----> 1 f = list(1, 2)
      2 f

TypeError: list() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)

In [9]:
g = list([1, 2])
g


Out[9]:
[1, 2]