How to get value of variable entered from user input?

Question

I am trying to create a basic menu that checks to see if the variable entered matches a defined variable. If the variable is defined get the data of the defined variable.

Answer 1

This seems like what you're looking for:

Choose_Item = eval(input("Select your item:  "))

This probably isn't the best strategy, though, because a typo or a malicious user can easily crash your code, overload your system, or do any other kind of nasty stuff they like. For this particular case, a better approach might be

items = {'item1': 'bill', 'item2': 'cows', 'item3': 'abcdef'}
choice = input("Select your item: ")
if choice in items:
    the_choice = items[choice]
else:
    print("Uh oh, I don't know about that item")