title: Is it possible to save user input in variables to continuously test with intellij (pycharm)
body: <p>I'm writing a program that takes in about 15 lines of input from std in before working with the user inputted data for a class project. </p>
  
  <p>sample code here</p>
  
  <pre><code>def get_list():
      list = input('Here at method\n').split()
      del list[0]
  
      return list
  
  def main():
       state_list: get_list()
       ....(do this about for various lists and dictionaries)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Further down I have some logic that I want to test. Typically, I would hard code the variables and work from there. I would like to know if there's a way to run the debugger, input the variables and have them saved temporarily while going through the logic I would like to test.  </p>
  
  <p>I know I can do things like highlight a certain part of code and run just that, but the variables are empty at this point. </p>
  
  <p>So all in all I would like to know if theres anything specific I can do with intellij/pycharm to make this possible. If not is there any plugin or IDE that does? Also, is there any specific strategy I can employ in the future for something like this?</p>
  
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