python - Getting the first x item from a list

I
have a string and I'm splitting in a ; character, I would like
to associate this string with variables, but for me just the first x strings is useful,
the other is redundant;

I wanted to use this
code below, but if there is more than 4 coma than this raise an exception. Is there any
simply way?

az1, el1, az2, el2,
            rfsspe = data_point.split(";") 

Answer

Yes! Use href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/509211/21475">slicing:

az1,
            el1, az2, el2, rfsspe =
            data_point.split(";")[:5]

That
"slices" the list to get the first 5 elements only.