Yes, you can use protect ... but it is not cast in stone, merely in lava ... >> digit-str: "0123456789" == "0123456789" >> protect 'digit-str >> digit-str: "abcdefg" ** Script Error: Word digit-str is protected, cannot modify. ** Where: digit-str: "abcdefg" >> append digit-str "abcdefg" == "0123456789abcdefg" >> digit-str == "0123456789abcdefg" As to my knowledge, there isn't a stone carver in Rebol. regards, Ingo Those were the words of [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > protect 'digit-str > > > 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 -- do http://www.2b1.de/ _ . _ ingo@)|_ /| _| _ <We ARE all ONE www._|_o _ _ ._ _ www./_|_) |o(_|(/_ We ARE all FREE> ingo@| |(_|o(_)| (_| ._| ._|