The gdbm Module

(Optional) The gdbm module provides an interface to the GNU dbm database handler, as Example 10-8 shows.

Example 10-8. Using the gdbm Module

File: gdbm-example-1.py import gdbm db = gdbm.open("gdbm", "c") db["1"] = "call" db["2"] = "the" db["3"] = "next" db["4"] = "defendant" db.close() db = gdbm.open("gdbm", "r") keys = db.keys() keys.sort() for key in keys: print db[key], call the next defendant