18.6.2.2520 [CHAR] bracket-char XCHAR EXT

Interpretation:

Interpretation semantics for this word are undefined.

Compilation:

( "<spaces>name" -- )

Skip leading space delimiters. Parse name delimited by a space. Append the run-time semantics given below to the current definition.

Run-time:

( -- xchar )

Place xchar, the value of the first xchar of name, on the stack.

See:

Implementation:

: [CHAR] ( "name" -- rt:xchar )
   CHAR POSTPONE LITERAL ; IMMEDIATE

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