FORTH & HP: where to start?

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(05-17-2023 08:15 PM)floppy Wrote:  However, I am struggling with understanding how following line could work in an HP71B

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16 STRING PR$ " FFFFF: F F F (F) F F F" PR$ S!

16 is a hex value (22 decimal) and the string length is 22 characters (decimal) so it fit and works, I just tried it.
Look at the beginning of the listing, the system is set to hexadecimal: BASE @ HEX

Code:

HEX     16 STRING PH$ " FFFFF: F F F (F) F F F" PH$ S!
DECIMAL 22 STRING PD$ " FFFFF: F F F (F) F F F" PD$ S!

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