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INSPECT (↑ Statements)
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  Verb:         INSPECT
 
  Function:     Counts, replaces, or converts occurrences of a
                character or group of characters in a data item.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?  TALLYING   REPLACING   CONVERTING
                               TALLYING REPLACING
 
     ─INSPECT identifier-1 REPLACING───
 
        ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │                               ┌──────────┐                   │
        ▼                               ▼          │                   │
     ──┬─CHARACTERS BY─┬─identifier-5┬─┬──────────┬───────────────────┬─
        │               └─literal-3───┘ └─phrase-1─┘                   │
        │                                                              │
        │            ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
        │            │                                    ┌──────────┐ │
        │            ▼                                    ▼          │ │
        └┬─ALL─────┬─┬─identifier-3─┬─BY─┬─identifier-5─┬─┬──────────┬─┘
         ├─LEADING─┤ └─literal-1────┘    └─literal-3────┘ └─phrase-1─┘
         └─FIRST───┘
 
  where phrase-1 is:
 
     ──┬─BEFORE─┬─┬───────┬─┬─identifier-4─┬──
        └─AFTER──┘ └INITIAL┘ └─literal-2────┘
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