Hi Pete, To be able to pass a word to your function and have the word set to the object created in the function requires two changes to your code: 1. The argument must be declared using a lit-word! notation: logo-factory: func [ 'name ] [ .... ] note the tick in front of name, i.e. 'name 2. You must use the set function to assign the created object to the word passed to the function, i.e. set :name make object! [ ....] The complete modified code follows: logo-factory: func [ "Creates and returns a named logo object." 'name "The name of the object to be created." ][ set :name make object! [ type: "text" text: "" pict: #{} file: "" altt: "" switch-type: func [ "Toggles the logo object's type between 'text' and 'pict'." ][ type: either type = "text" ["pict"]["text"] ] ] ] >> logo-factory Logo1 >> print mold Logo1 make object! [ type: "text" text: "" pict: #{} file: "" altt: "" switch-type: func [ {Toggles the logo object's type between 'text' and 'pict'.} ][ type: either type = "text" ["pict"] ["text"] ] ] At 11:36 AM 8/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >hiall > >btw, I sent a message almost identical to this one from my home account last >night, and it isn't here. Is it because the list doesn't rec that other account? > >anyway... > >I've got a function called logo-factory that accepts a string argument, and >should return an object referenced by a word = the passed string. ie., if I type > > *logo-factory Logo1* > >I should get the same result as if I typed > > *Logo1: make object! [....]* > >I'm befuddled as to how to do this exactly -- I'm sure the answer is right under >my nose ;-) > >Here's sort of what I have so far: > >* >logo-factory: func [ > "Creates and returns a named logo object." > name [string!] "The name of the object to be created." >][ > ????? make object! [ > type: "text" > text: "" > pict: #{} > file: "" > altt: "" > switch-type: func [ > "Toggles the logo object's type between 'text' and 'pict'." > ][ > type: either type = "text" ["pict"]["text"] > ] > ] >] >* > >Obviously, there's a lot missing here, like handling an argument string which >can't be used as a valid word, etc. Other functions like get-pict and >write-html, etc., also need to be added. > >Any and all suggestions are welcome! > > >-- >Pete Wason|"LWATPLOTG"|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|CUCUG|TA|PHX > > > ;- Elan [ : - ) ] author of REBOL: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE REBOL Press: The Official Source for REBOL Books http://www.REBOLpress.com visit me at http://www.TechScribe.com