How to use awk variables in regular expressions?

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awk can match against a variable if you don’t use the // regex markers.

if ( $0 ~ regex ){ print $0; }

In this case, build up the required regex as a string 

regex = dom"$"

Then match against the regex variable

if ( $1 ~ regex ) {
  domain[dom]+=$2;
}

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