#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use DB_File; tie my %hash, 'DB_File', undef, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_BTREE; %hash = ( '1' => 'cat', '3' => 'mouse', '5' => 'whale' ); tied(%hash)->seq(my $key = 2, my $ans, R_CURSOR); print "Found key $key, answer $ans\n";