Using the INTERPRET Instruction

The INTERPRET instruction not only evaluates an expression, but also treats it as an instruction after it is evaluated. Thus if a combination of the previous examples were used with the INTERPRET instruction, answer becomes "10".

answer = 5 + 5
INTERPRET 'say' answer '"= 5 + 5"'          /* displays 10 = 5 + 5 */

You can also group a number of instructions within a string, assign the string to a variable, and use the INTERPRET instruction to execute the instructions assigned to the variable.

action = 'DO 3; SAY "Hello!"; END'
INTERPRET action                               /* results in:
                                                          Hello!
                                                          Hello!
                                                          Hello!   */