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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 TALLYING───►
 
           ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
           │                ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
           │                │            ┌──────────┐                 │
           ▼                ▼            ▼          │                 │
     ►─────identifier-2 FOR─┬─CHARACTERS─┬──────────┬─────────────────┬─►
                            │            └─phrase-1─┘                 │
                            │                                         │
                            │           ┌───────────────────────────┐ │
                            │           │                ┌──────────┐ │
                            │           ▼                ▼          │ │
                            ├─ALL─────┬─┬─identifier-3─┬─┬──────────┬─┘
                            └─LEADING─┘ └─literal-1────┘ └─phrase-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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