MAKE
Syntax MAKE name object 
:= name object 
name := object 
 
Explanation MAKE defines a variable using the name of the first input and assigns the second input as the value of that variable.

Once you have created the variable, you may obtain its contents by using :name. Think of the colon (:) as "the value of name."

To keep a variable local to the procedure in which MAKE is used, see LOCAL. See also NAME and THING.
Examples MAKE "NUMBER 73 
:NUMBER 
Result: 73 
MAKE "COLOR "MAGENTA 
:COLOR 
Result: MAGENTA 
MAKE "CHOICE FIRST [A B C D] 
:CHOICE 
Result: A 
TO NAME.A.TREE 
     PR [WHAT IS THE LATIN NAME OF THAT TREE?] 
     MAKE "ANSWER READLIST 
     PR SENTENCE :ANSWER [HAS RED LEAVES]  
END
NAME.A.TREE defined
NAME.A.TREE 
WHAT IS THE LATIN NAME OF THAT TREE? 
ACER ROBUSTUS 
ACER ROBUSTUS HAS RED LEAVES 

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