Making multiple variables equal to multiple values from a list

Question

Is there a way I can use something like this:

a, b, c = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

In order to get the values:

a = 1
b = [2, 3]
c = [4, 5]

Answer 1

To break up existing data as needed:

>>> data = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> a,b,c = data[0],data[1:3],data[3:]
>>> a
1
>>> b
[2, 3]
>>> c
[4, 5]