In a book concerning calculus of variations written by Giusti, I read the following
" Let $Q$ be a cube. For every $\lambda\in [0,1]$ there exists a sequence $\chi_h$ of characteristic functions of measurable sets $E_h\subset Q$ such that $$\chi_{h}\to \lambda \chi_Q$$ in the weak-star topology of $L^{\infty}$."
I don't know why the sequence exists. I have known from Banach–Alaoglu–Bourbaki Theorem that there exists a sequence $f_h$ with $\lVert f_h\rVert_{L^\infty}\leq 1$ such that $$f_h\to \lambda\chi_Q$$ in the weak-star topology. But how can we rewrite $f_h$ as a characteristic function?