> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruno Negrao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: 24 September 2002 23:49
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: dbmopen doesn't work
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> Could someone say to me why this program doesn't run? (it 
> doesn't print the database values)
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> dbmopen(%a,"testdb",0666) || die "couldn't create/access the file $!";
> $a = $b = 0;
> until ($a < 20){        # create items in the testdb.db file

perhaps you really mean 
 while ($a < 20){        # create items in the testdb.db file

Also: nasty mix of hash and scalar naming, no 'use strict' mmm - naughty
naughty 8-)

>     $a{key$a} = $b;
>     $a = $b++;
> }
> while ( ($key,$value) = each(%a) ) {
>     print "$key $value\n";   # this is not printing anything!!
> }
> 
> I'm using a RedHat 6.2. Perl 5.
> 
> thank you,
> -------------------------------------------------
>  -- Bruno Negrão -- Suporte
>  -- Plugway Acesso Internet Ltda.
>  -- (31)34812311
> 
> 


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