(wx)Maxima: create a list of characters (as strings) without having to quote each character, individually?

Question

I frequently find myself needing to create a list of characters, e.g.

xopts:["p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "x", "y", "z"]; 

and was looking for a way to produce these lists, without having to wrap every character in "'s.

Answer 1

Recalled charlist immediately after posting.

E.g., the list in the post could be created by:

xopts:charlist("pqrstuvxyz");