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INSPECT Statement - Format 3

INSPECT Statement - Format 3
 
>>-INSPECT--identifier-1--TALLYING------------------------------>
 
   .-------------------------------------------------------------.
   |                    .--------------------------------------. |
   |                    |               .------------------.   | |
   V                    V               V                  |   | |
>----identifier-2--FOR----+-CHARACTERS----+--------------+-+-+-+-+-->
                          |               '-| phrase 1 |-'   |
                          |              .--------------.    |
                          |              V              |    |
                          '-+-ALL-----+----| phrase 2 |-+----'
                            '-LEADING-'
 
>--REPLACING---------------------------------------------------->
 
   .-----------------------------------------------------------.
   |                                    .------------------.   |
   V                                    V                  |   |
>----+-CHARACTERS BY--+-identifier-5-+----+--------------+-+-+-+-><
     |                '-literal-3----'    '-| phrase 1 |-'   |
     |              .--------------.                         |
     |              V              |                         |
     '-+-ALL-----+----| phrase 3 |-+-------------------------'
       +-LEADING-+
       '-FIRST---'
 
phrase 1:
 
|--+-BEFORE-+--+---------+--+-identifier-4-+--------------------|
   '-AFTER--'  '-INITIAL-'  '-literal-2----'
 
phrase 2:
 
|--+-identifier-3-+--------------------------------------------->
   '-literal-1----'
 
   .-----------------------------------------------.
   V                                               |
>----+-------------------------------------------+-+------------|
     '-+-BEFORE-+--+---------+--+-identifier-4-+-'
       '-AFTER--'  '-INITIAL-'  '-literal-2----'
 
phrase 3:
 
|--+-identifier-3-+--BY--+-identifier-5-+----------------------->
   '-literal-1----'      '-literal-3----'
 
   .-----------------------------------------------.
   V                                               |
>----+-------------------------------------------+-+------------|
     '-+-BEFORE-+--+---------+--+-identifier-4-+-'
       '-AFTER--'  '-INITIAL-'  '-literal-2----'
 
 


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