How to get the 'value' by dynamically passing the 'enum member name' in Python?
For an example consider the below enum
import enum class Animal(enum.Enum): DOG = "This is Dog" CAT = "This is cat" LION = "This is Lion" I want to write a common function something like below, and it has to return This is Dog.
def get_enum_value("DOG"): # # SOME CODE HERE TO GET THE VALUE FOR THE GIVEN (METHOD ARGUMENT) ENUM PROPERTY NAME # Simplified and full code :
## Enum definition import enum class Animal(enum.Enum): DOG = "This is Dog" CAT = "This is cat" LION = "This is Lion" ## method to return enum value when pass the enum member name def get_enum_member_value(enum_member_name): enum_member_value = Animal[enum_member_name].value return enum_member_value ## execute the method and print the value print(get_enum_member_value("DOG")) 
Answer based on question edit:
The functionality you're after is built in:
>>> Animal["DOG"].value "This is Dog" or
>>> member = "DOG" >>> Animal[member].value "This is Dog" The only reason to make that a function would be for error handling -- for instance, if you want to gracefully handle a non-member name being passed in.
I see two possible questions (the names of your functions and usage of terminology are confusing):
.value property;value and name)Actually, I know also see a third option:
get_enum_value is a method of Animal, not a separate function as your indentation would suggest)Answering only the last question, the solution is something like:
import enum class Animal(enum.Enum): # DOG = "This is Dog" CAT = "This is cat" LION = "This is Lion" # def get_enum_value(self, enum_property_name): return getattr(self, enum_property_name) and in use:
>>> Animal.LION.get_enum_value('name') 'LION' 
enum property?DOGis an enum member, whilenameis an enum property, as isvalue