What is the shortest way to convert string characters to a character array in Perl?

Question

If I have the string "abcd", what is the shortest way to convert to @arr containing qw (abcd)?

Answer 1

my @arr = split //, "abcd"; my @arr = "abcd" =~ /./sg; my @arr = unpack '(A)*', 'abcd'; 

Answer 2

The easiest way is with a regex section that matches something.

 my @arr = split //, "abcd";