INSPECT Statement - Format 1

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INSPECT Statement - Format 1

>>-INSPECT--identifier-1--TALLYING------------------------------>

   .----------------------------------------------------------.   
   |                    .-----------------------------------. |   
   |                    |               .--------------.    | |   
   V                    V               V              |    | |   
>----identifier-2--FOR----+-CHARACTERS----| phrase 1 |-+--+-+-+-><
                          |              .--------------. |       
                          |              V              | |       
                          '-+-ALL-----+----| phrase 2 |-+-'       
                            '-LEADING-'                           

phrase 1

|--+-BEFORE-+--+---------+--+-identifier-4-+--------------------|
   '-AFTER--'  '-INITIAL-'  '-literal-2----'   

phrase 2

|--+-identifier-3-+--------------------------------------------->
   '-literal-1----'   

   .-----------------------------------------------.   
   V                                               |   
>----+-------------------------------------------+-+------------|
     '-+-BEFORE-+--+---------+--+-identifier-4-+-'     
       '-AFTER--'  '-INITIAL-'  '-literal-2----'