Just use 'protect http://www.rebol.com/dictionary.html#A4433447 Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:59 PM Subject: [REBOL] Declaring a constant > How may I set a word to a constant value? > as in: > digit-str: "0123456789" ;cast in stone, code can't change it > TIA > -Tim