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Python - NDBM open and read

Hi,

How do i go about opening an NDBM file in Python and printing its contents?

import dbm

db = dbm.ndbm.open('/Users/20151027.DBM','r')

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I am not sure how to traverse through the database?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

M

aikimark

At the point where your second statement has executed, your db variable should resemble a dictionary object (key:value pairs).

Mark Brady

You should check the type on your db object
print type(db)
The result should be <type 'dict'>
If it is you can loop through it and print the key/value pairs out like this:

for key in db:
print key + ':' + str(db[key])

MK15

ASKER

Hi Mark,

Type is <class '_dbm.dbm'>

Thanks

Mark Brady

Ok I'm pretty sure you should be able to loop through the properties the same way as I explained.
If you print db you should see all the key/value pairs. If that is the case try the loop code I gave you to print them all out.

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MK15

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Hi,

Thanks for all your help. I just realised that the file its reading might not be of-type ndbm. I tried running whichdb and it returned blank. I have tried GDBM, however this returns a 'Magic Number Error'. How can i find out what type of DB it is?

Sorry to waste all your time!

M

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