Help with creating a word

[Programmingkid]

I need to make a word that can define another word. What I have tried is take the definition of the ':' and ';' words and do something like this:

: createWord

" MyWord" header 1 , ]   ." hello from MyWord!"  ( lit ) h# b7db9018  , reveal ( lit ) h# b7db9950  execute

;

This doesn't work either:

: createWord

: MyWord   ." hello from MyWord!"  ;

;

Anyone know how to define a word from within another word?

[Tarl Neustaedter]

> I need to make a word that can define another word.

You're probably better off using a string and doing an "eval" of it.

E.g.:

: createword
" : myword stuff ;" eval
;

[Stefan Reinauer]

On 5/25/10 10:02 PM, Programmingkid wrote:
> I need to make a word that can define another word. What I have tried is take the definition of the ':' and ';' words and do something like this:

Read up about CREATE and DOES> in your favorite forth book, i.e. the ANS
Forth standard.

Stefan