% python
>>> import anydbm
>>> file = anydbm.open('languages', 'c')    # create
>>> file['perl']   = "Text processing"      # store
>>> file['tcl']    = "Simple glue"
>>> file['python'] = "OO scripting"
>>> file.close()



% python
>>> import anydbm
>>> file = anydbm.open('languages', 'c')    # existing
>>> file['python']                          # fetch
'OO scripting'
>>> for lang in file.keys():                # index
...     print lang + ':', file[lang]
...
perl: Text processing
tcl: Simple glue
python: OO scripting
>>> del file['tcl']                         # delete



% python
>>> import anydbm
>>> anydbm.open('languages', 'c').keys()    # sorry, tcl!
['python', 'perl']