how to use awk -v 1

[prosper]

I am writing a bash script to call awk -v.
The following is the bash script

inp='sles10'
result=$(awk -v var1=$inp '$1~/^$var1$/ {print$2}' /etc/testtext)
echo $result

I want to pass a variable from bash to awk to match against the first column of the file and display the content of second column if it is matched exactly.
Thanks for any help

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
$1~/^$var1$/
with this:
$1==var1

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[prosper]

It works. Thanks PHV
I want to ask if
$1~/^var1$/ has syntax error
Thanks

 

[PHV]

No syntax error, but evaluates if $1 equal to the literal "var1".

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886