Answers.Body: <p>You could try using the <a href="https://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/2.x/functions/attribute.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>attribute</code></a> function in twig, this should let you call dynamic properties.</p>
  
  <p>Something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{ attribute(currentUser, question.fieldName) }}
  </code></pre>
  
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      {% set questionField = category.fieldName.value %}
      {{ attribute(currentUser, questionField ) }}
  
  Thanks!
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Body: <p>How do I go about using a dynamic value to access a user field value? I have created a form builder for users and dynamically populate the user field based on the question's associated field. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input name="fields[{{ question.fieldName }}]"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works nicely but I am looking to pre-populate this input with a value if the user has previously provided and saved this info but I'm having trouble figuring out how to combine the field name with currentUser.</p>
  
  <p>My first try was:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set fieldName = question.fieldName %}
  {{ currentUser.fieldName }}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But that returns the following error:</p>
  
  <p>Craft\UserModel and its behaviors do not have a method or closure named "fieldName".</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated</p>
  
Tags: <variable><user-profile><usermodel><current-user>
Title: Variable for User Field
ThreadText: # Variable for User Field
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-12)
  
  How do I go about using a dynamic value to access a user field value? I have created a form builder for users and dynamically populate the user field based on the question's associated field.
  
  ```
  <input name="fields[{{ question.fieldName }}]">
  
  ```
  
  This works nicely but I am looking to pre-populate this input with a value if the user has previously provided and saved this info but I'm having trouble figuring out how to combine the field name with currentUser.
  
  My first try was:
  
  ```
  {% set fieldName = question.fieldName %}
  {{ currentUser.fieldName }}
  
  ```
  
  But that returns the following error:
  
  Craft\UserModel and its behaviors do not have a method or closure named "fieldName".
  
  Any help would be greatly appreciated
  
  **Tags:** variable, user-profile, usermodel, current-user
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-12. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You could try using the [`attribute`](https://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/2.x/functions/attribute.html) function in twig, this should let you call dynamic properties.
  
  Something like:
  
  ```
  {{ attribute(currentUser, question.fieldName) }}
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the suggestion, I tested it but get returned the following error: array_key_exists(): The first argument should be either a string or an integer  
  > **username_1**: What values are you getting if you dump `question.fieldName`?  
  > **username_0**: Sorry, using the attribute function did work. I just needed to to adjust it to use question.fieldName.value so I set that as a variable as such:          {% set questionField = category.fieldName.value %}     {{ attribute(currentUser, questionField ) }}  Thanks!  
  
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