Python - get specific text from string variable -

i have str in python.

str = "*> 103.5.126.0/24     192.168.1.1          0    200      0 58424 ?" 

what want text string , put in variables below:

prefix = "103.5.126.0/24"     nexthob = "192.168.1.1"     metric = "0"               lp = "200" 

just split , assign relevant portion:

prefix, nexthob, metric, lp = s.split()[1:5] 

i changed variable name s, str python type shouldn't shadow.