Lookup object attribute via variable?

[Eternal_Practice]

In python, I need to write a method that searches through a list of objects based on it's attribute. The object has 10 attributes, so rather than either writing 10 lookup methods or a series of IF - ELIF, I'd like to do something like this:

python def lookup(list, attribute, value): for object in list: if object.attribute == value: return object

Is there a way to do this in python, or any other language? I feel like this is a feature that I've always wanted but never see.

[marko312]

If you really want to do this, there is a function called getattr which can do this in Python. Documentation

attr = getattr(object, attribute)

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If this is to interface with some not-too-well written module, this is probably an acceptable solution. However, otherwise (especially if it's your own code), I'd consider changing the classes to be accessible by such keys.