figForth Word - COUNT

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COUNT       addr1  ---  addr2  n                                   L0

    Leave the byte address addr2 and byte count n of a message text
    beginning at address addr1. It is presumed that the first byte at
    addr1 contains the text byte count and the actual text starts with
    the second byte

Typically COUNT is followed by TYPE

NFA:    006BF2 85               DB   85H
        006BF3 434F554E         DB   "COUN"
        006BF7 D4               DB   'T'+80H
LFA:    006BF8 CB6B             DW   DOES-8
CFA:    006BFA 3C28      COUNT: DW   DOCOL      ;   :
PFA:    006BFC 0B27             DW   DUP        ;   DUP
        006BFE D368             DW   ONEP       ;   1+
        006C00 E826             DW   SWAP       ;   SWAP
        006C02 B627             DW   CAT        ;   C@
        006C04 1725             DW   SEMIS      ;   ;

The Meaning of the Dictionary Fields:

NFALFACFAPFA


Updated: 30th August 2022 by David Husband
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