No results while making precise matching using awk - unix

Question

I am having rows like this in my source file:
"Sumit|My Application|PROJECT|1|6|Y|20161103084527"
I want to make a precise match on Column 3 i.e. I do not want to use '~' operator while writing my awk command. However the command:
awk -F '|' '($3 ~ /'"$Var_ApPJ"'/) {print $3}' ${Var_RDR}/${Var_RFL};
is fetching me correct result but the command:
awk -F '|' '($3 == "${Var_ApPJ}") {print $3}' ${Var_RDR}/${Var_RFL};
fails to do so. Can anyone help in explaining why it happens and I am willing to use '==' because I do not want to match if the value is "PROJECT1" in source file.
Parameter Var_ApPJ="PROJECT"
${Var_RDR}/${Var_RFL} -> Refers to source file.

Answer 1

Refer to this part of documentation to know how to pass variable to awk.

Answer 2

I found an alternative way of '==' with '~':
awk -F '|' '($3 ~ "^${Var_ApPJ}"$) {print $3}' ${Var_RDR}/${Var_RFL};

Answer 3

here is the problem -
try below command -
awk -F '|' '$3 == Var_ApPJ {print $3}' ${Var_RDR}/${Var_RFL};
Remove curly braces and bracket.
vipin#kali:~$ cat kk.txt
a 5 b cd ef gh
vipin#kali:~$ awk -v var1="5" '$2 == var1 {print $3}' kk.txt
b
vipin#kali:~$
OR
#cat kk.txt
a 5 b cd ef gh
#var1="5"
#echo $var1
5
#awk '$2 == "'"$var1"'" {print $3}' kk.txt ### With "{}"
b
#
#awk '$2 == "'"${var1}"'" {print $3}' kk.txt ### without "{}"
b
#