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The following words are listed in this category (10 words found): Word Types: S = Standard, I = Immediate , IC = Immediate-compiling.
Word Name Word Type Data Stack Signature Return Stack Signature Description Availability
V1.0 V1.1 V1.2
( I -- -- Begins a comment. End with a ) character. The comment is not compiled into colon definitions.
.( I -- -- Begins a displayed comment.
\ I -- -- Trailing comment. All text after \ will be ignored. The comment is not compiled into colon definitions.
>BODY S cfa -- body_address -- Given a CFA on the stack, >BODY returns the address of the body of the word. The “body” contains the “payload” of the word.
>CFA S da -- cfa -- Converts dictionary address da to code field address cfa.
>LINK S cfa -- lfa -- Converts code field address cfa to the associated link field address lfa.
EXPECT S vdp_address length -- -- Reads characters from the current input device (either the keyboard, or a disk block).
FIND S address length -- xt type -- Searches the dictionary for the string stored at address with length of length bytes.
NUMBER S address length -- value flag -- Attempts to convert the string at address with length length into a number.
WORD S delimiter -- address length -- Identifies words from a string of text in the Terminal Input Buffer (which is in VDP memory).

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