Name

variable:core — definining primitive

Synopsis

FORTH

VARIABLE ( 'name' -- )();
p4:"variable";

Description

CREATE a new variable, so that everytime the variable is name, the address is returned for using with @ and ! - be aware that in FIG-forth VARIABLE did take an argument being the initial value. ANSI-forth does different here.

dpANS .6.1.2410 - standard forth word