parse-word ( string -- word )

Vocabulary

parser

Inputs

string

a string

Outputs

word

a word

Word description

The vocabulary search path is searched for all words named by the string. If no words matches, an error is thrown, if one word matches, and it is already loaded, that word is returned. Otherwise throws a restartable error to let the user choose which word to use.

Errors

Throws a no-word-error if the string doesn't name a word.

Notes

This word is used to implement scan-word.

See also

scan-word

Definition

USING: kernel vocabs.parser ;

IN: parser

: parse-word ( string -- word ) [ search ] [ no-word ] ?unless ;