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STRING (↑ Statements)
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  Verb:         STRING
 
  Function:     Concatenates the partial or complete contents of two
                or more data items and stores the result.
 
  Syntax:
               ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
               ┌──────────────┐                             │
               ▼              │                             │
     ─STRING─┬─identifier-1─┬─DELIMITED BY─┬─identifier-2─┬───
               └─literal-1────┘              ├─literal-2────┤
                                             └─SIZE─────────┘
 
     ─INTO identifier-3──┬────────────────────────────┬─
                          └┬────┬─POINTER identifier-4─┘
                           └WITH┘
 
     ─┬─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────
       └┬──┬─OVERFLOW imperative-statement-1─┘
        └ON┘
 
     ─┬──────────────────────────────────────────┬──────
       └─NOT─┬──┬─OVERFLOW imperative-statement-2─┘
             └ON┘
 
     ─┬────────────┬──
       └─END-STRING─┘
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