Python: Returns a value of variable for a variable that comes as parameter of function

I have a list of statements

a = "hello"
b = "hi"
c= "test"

In a program I got variable name(a,b or c) and need to return value of variable using that function method.

def my_method(item):
     a = "hello"
     b = "hi"
     c= "test"
    

item parameter will be either a , b or c and I need to return value of that item. Is there any technique to return item value without if condition for three statement?

>Solution :

You can use a dictionary:

my_dict = { "a":"hello", "b":"hi", "c":"test" }

And then

def my_method(item):
    return my_dict[item]

As @smci suggest, it can also be accessed directly without any function

my_dict[item]