Find cmd using variable in -name option

[cptk]

In ksh shell I have ...

find . -name 'cp*'

which finds all files beginning with "cp" ... great!!!

BUT, I want to be able to have a variable in liu of the "cp*" like this:

var="'cp*'"
find . -name $var

or ...
var="cp*"
find . -name '$var'


Is there a way to escape the filename metacharacter "*" in this example?

 

[cptk]

...nevermind !!

I could use this ...

var="cp*"
find . -name "$var"