variables

person.name = "testing"
person.address.street = "123 test st"
person.address.city = "tester"
person.address.zip = 90210
person.billing.address.same = true

key := "person.address.zip"
fmt.Println("the value of key: " + key) // would like to get 90210
key := "person.address.city"
fmt.Println("the value of key: " + key) // would like to get "tester"

package main

import "fmt"
import "reflect"

func main() {
    person := Person{}
    person.name = "testing"
    person.address.street = "123 test st"
    person.address.city = "tester"
    person.address.zip = 90210
    person.billing.address.same = true

    v := reflect.ValueOf(person)
    f := v.FieldByName("address")
    key := f.FieldByName("zip")
    fmt.Println(key)                   // 90210
    fmt.Println(f.FieldByName("city")) // tester    
}

type Person struct {
    name    string
    address Address
    billing Billing
}
type Billing struct {
    address Address
}
type Address struct {
    street, city string
    zip          int
    same         bool
}

90210
tester

package main

import "fmt"
import "reflect"
import "strings"

func field(t interface{}, key string) reflect.Value {
    strs := strings.Split(key, ".")
    v := reflect.ValueOf(t)
    for _, s := range strs[1:] {
        v = v.FieldByName(s)
    }
    return v
}
func main() {
    person := Person{}
    person.name = "testing"
    person.address.street = "123 test st"
    person.address.city = "tester"
    person.address.zip = 90210
    person.billing.address.same = true

    fmt.Println(field(person, "person.address.zip"))  //90210
    fmt.Println(field(person, "person.address.city")) //tester
}

type Person struct {
    name    string
    address Address
    billing Billing
}
type Billing struct {
    address Address
}
type Address struct {
    street, city string
    zip          int
    same         bool
}

90210
tester