Python - User input for name of a variable to pass as an argument to a function

Question

I have a question here which is based around user input to scripts and passing this user-input to functions.

I have a script, within which I have defined a function.

Answer 1

I think you can take advantage of python's global() or locals() feature.

here's an example:

from random import choice as rc



def your_function(variable):
    if variable in local_keys:
        print(variable, " = ", local_variables[variable])
    else:
        print("Your input is not a defined variable")
    return

#randomly populate the variables
item1 = rc(range(20))
item2 = rc(range(20))
item3 = rc(range(20))
item4 = rc(range(20)) 
item5 = rc(range(20))
item5 = rc(range(20))

user_variable = input("Input the variable name: ")

local_variables = locals() # you may have to use globals instead
local_keys = list(local_variables.keys())

your_function(user_variable)