# testing Functions sub NDBM_test { my $date = MakeDate(); #write my %test; tie %test, "NDBM_File", 'test', O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0644; foreach $number (1...10) { $test{$number} = $date; } untie %test; #read tie %test, "NDBM_File", 'test', O_RDWR|O_EXCL, 0644; foreach $number (1...10) { print "$number: $test{$number}\n"; } untie %test; }