Declares a list of local variables.

: TEST ( n1 n2 -- )
  LOCALS{ LV1 LV2 }
  SET LV2 \ take n2 (top of stack) and put in local variable LV2
  SET LV1 \ take n1 (now on top of stack) and put in local variable LV1
  ." LV1=" LV1 . CR
  ." LV2=" LV2 . CR
;

Local variables within a colon definition are defined, by name using the word LOCALS{. Local variable names must be separated with at least one space character.

Local variable declaration is ended with the word }. There must be a space between the last local variable name and the word }.