Convert a word into an arraylist of characters in java?

In java I have an arraylist of words, and then I have a method which returns one of these words at random. I then have another method which creates an arraylist of characters. How can I take the random word generated and convert it into the arraylist of characters?

Convert a word into an arraylist of characters in java?
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Reply:Why can't you just feed the value of the first function to the second one as an argument? (Sorry I'm a bit confused.) Maybe elaborate a bit...





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