Problem with variable as RegExp

[zaxxon]

Hi,
I am using gawk and give a variable filled with a string to awk like:

LIST="hello yes no"
for $ELE in LIST; do
   awk -v var=$ELE '
      $3 ~ var {print $3}' infile
done

Infile looks like:

112  3321   xxxxxhelloxxxx
3253 35     xxxxnoxxxx
753  3823   helloxxxxxxx
7123 430743 xxxxxyes
81   85311  xxxxxxxxhello

This way it never matches any of the patterns as it interprets it like /^hello$/ or /^yes$/ or /^no$/.
I want it to interpret it like /hello/ or /yes or /no/ so the pattern can be anywhere inside $3.

Thanks in forward.

laters
zaxxon

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
for $ELE in LIST; do
with this:
for ELE in $LIST; do

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

 

[zaxxon]

Hehe, sorry yes, that was just a typo. The original works. The only thing that doesn't work is what I described.

laters
zaxxon

 

[zaxxon]

I am sorry, I checked my simple example and it worked, I get all lines like /bla/... You are right. I must have another problem in the original. Thanks so far.

laters
zaxxon