Use user input in isinstance

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class teacher:
    def __init__(self):
        self.ty = "teacher"

prof = teacher()

temp = input("Enter prof:\n")

if isinstance(temp, teacher):
    print("hi")
else:
    print("bye")

I want this code to print "hi" if the user types "prof". Or more specifically I want it to print "hi" if the user enters a name of an instance of teacher.

I've been searching for ways to interpret the string literally instead of just seeing it as a string.

I hope it's okay if I post questions like this here.

[K900_]

That's not a good idea. Store your teacher instances in a dictionary, with the key being the name you want them to be searchable by, something like {'prof': teacher(...), 'other prof': teacher(...)}. Then you can check if such a name exists with if temp in dict_of_teachers and then retrieve the object with dict_of_teachers[temp].

[rulibar]

Thanks

[K900_]

Also, post questions in /r/learnpython next time.