Hi Oliver, > I was not quite sure if I could abuse single-digit numbers in such a > way.
Single-digit strings. Sure, it's not abuse. It's the language. Just as dc(1) allows a byte as the name of a string. $ dc -e '6 7*s > cl > p' 42 $ If you think it might clash with other uses of strings 0, 1, ... then prefix their name. .ds lut0 0 ... \[u216\*[lut\nn]] -- Cheers, Ralph.