select specific value with awk (using array)

Question

How to select specific value with an array using awk.

Data

,,20160112,161521,139,

Example awk

awk -F "," '$3==`20160112` {print $3}'

Expectation is i want to select within the date range, not only single values, such like below. but below code is not working.

awk -F "," '$3==`201601[01-10]` {print $3}'

Kent · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-16 09:27:13Z

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if your date format is fixed YYYYMMDD, this line should work for you:

awk -F, '$3>="20160101"&&$3<="20160110"{print $3}' file

answered Feb 16, 2016 at 9:27

Kent

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Are the quotes necessary?