For simplicity I'm try to do this.
spam = [1,2,3]
stuff = [spam]
x = input()
if x in stuff:
print(True)
else:
print(False)
As it runs:
>>> spam
False
Of course it doesn't print 'True' because the string 'spam' is not equal to the variable spam.
Is there a simple way of coding that I could check if the input is equal to the variable name? If not simple, anything?
You should check the locals() and globals() dictionaries for the variable. These dictionaries have variable names as keys and their values.
spam = [1,2,3]
stuff = [spam]
x = raw_input()
if x in locals() and (locals()[x] in stuff) or \
x in globals() and (globals()[x] in stuff):
print(True)
else:
print(False)
>>> spam= [1,2,3]
>>> stuff = [spam]
>>> eval('spam') in stuff
True
DISCLAIMER : do this at your own risk.
It's a weird idea to try and connect variable names with the world outside the program. How about:
data = {'spam':[1,2,3]}
stuff = [data['spam']]
x = raw_input()
if data[x] in stuff:
print(True)
else:
print(False)
data.get(x) , if the user gets mischievous and enters a key that is not in the dictionary, your program would fail with KeyErrorisnt better to use:
data = {'spam':[1,2,3]} #create dictionary with key:value
x = input() # get input
print(x in data) #print is key in dictionary (True/False) you might use:
#print(str(x in data)) #- this will convert boolean type name to string value
