Awk pattern matching over a particular field

1 #!/bin/bash
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3 echo babbbbil 12223 | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if($i ~ "122"){print $i;i=NF+1}}}'
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This piece of awk code will go through all the fields and look for pattern "122" and print them. The "i=NF+1" will work like "break;" in C which will make awk to stop printing after the first hit. Happy Awk'ing ;)