I need StringToStringMap or StringToLongMap object,
that's an associative array structure.

First touch, classic way, may be:

CLASS MAP
   VARIABLE KEY
   VARIABLE VALUE
END-CLASS

and add the methods to find value by key
and to insert new items.

But if I have a string

     S" BALANCE"

convert that string to an execution token

     : BALANCE

or variable

     BALANCE

and I associate the value to the xt

     : BALANCE 17 ;

or to the variable

     17 BALANCE !

may be I found what I need.

The question is how to convert a string ( addr n -- xt )
in an execution token or variable.

Thanks in advance,
Alberto Santini

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Received on Thu May 18 2000 - 10:01:08 PDT