title: pick first N elements from a static list java
body: <p>I want to pick first N elements from a list in java</p>
  
  <pre><code>String[] ligature = new String{there,is not,a,single,person,who,knows,the,answer};
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  <p>Now I want to pick first 5 elements from this.something like</p>
  
  <p><code>Stiring[] selectedLigature = ligature[0:4];</code></p>
  
  <p>I want to do it without using for loop.</p>