Name

find:core — ordinary primitive

Synopsis

FORTH
FIND ( bstring -- cfa|bstring -1|0|1 )(); 
 ;

Description

looks into the current search-order and tries to find the name string as the name of a word. Returns its execution-token or the original-bstring if not found, along with a flag-like value that is zero if nothing could be found. Otherwise it will be 1 (a positive value) if the word had been immediate, -1 otherwise (a negative value).

dpANS 16.6.1.1550 - standard forth word