Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: VFX error? Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:09:31 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <5b5849fc-0165-4eef-8ddb-833862c3adde@googlegroups.com> <5437db67.622904051@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:33997 On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:26:32 -0400, Stephen Pelc wrote: > On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 21:47:04 -0700 (PDT), jzakiya@gmail.com wrote: >> For some reason when I do this: >> >> hex >> >> create xxx 11 c, 34 c, FE c, .... CD c, .... >> >> the compiler throws an error. To get around it I can do this: >> >> create xxx 11 c, 34 c, FE c, .... 0CD c, .... > > The dictionary is searched before any number conversion is attempted. > > There's a utility word CD ( -- ), e.g. > CD \Users\Stephen > which is found and executed. So ... The answer to "VFX error?" is your system breaks his otherwise valid code. Yes? Rod Pemberton