title: Split string into string array of single characters
body: <p>I want to something as simple as turning <code>"this is a test"</code> into </p>
  
  <pre><code>new string[] {"t","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a"," ","t","e","s","t"}
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  <p>Would I really have to do something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>test = "this is a test".Select(x =&gt; x.ToString()).ToArray();
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  <p>edit: To clarify, I don't want a char array, ideally I want an array of string. I don't really see anything wrong with the above code except for the fact that I would think there is an easier way.</p>