Check if a compound variable is defined

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/* check if a compound variable is defined                            */
/* note: the variable "varPart" contains the name of the tail         */

  if symbol( "thisStem" || VALUE( varPart ) ) <> "VAR" then
    say "The Variable thisStem." || varPart || " is not defined"

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