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Old 02-29-2008
if gotten the idea of getting variables passed to awk. thats a good start Smilie Smilie however, it doesn't print field 3 ($3). it just doesn't actually pass the condition. i think it just does a if 3=annual and fails. any other ideas??

seriously... thanks for this much so far. really do appreciate it because i'm banging my head against the desk as we speak!


Code:
get_jan_info() {
test='3'
echo $test
        for pri_user in `awk -vfield3="$test" -F, 'print $field3 {if ($field3 == "Annual") print $2;}' review
.csv

# 9  
Old 02-29-2008
It is working for me. But I use nawk, not just awk!
Code:
>echo "abs do aaa bbb\n 111 222 333 444"| nawk -v nn=3 '{if ( $nn == "aaa" ) print $2; else print $1;}'
do
111

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Originally Posted by pupp
if gotten the idea of getting variables passed to awk. thats a good start Smilie Smilie however, it doesn't print field 3 ($3). it just doesn't actually pass the condition. i think it just does a if 3=annual and fails. any other ideas??

seriously... thanks for this much so far. really do appreciate it because i'm banging my head against the desk as we speak!


Code:
get_jan_info() {
test='3'
echo $test
        for pri_user in `awk -vfield3="$test" -F, 'print $field3 {if ($field3 == "Annual") print $2;}' review
.csv
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