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DEFINE DATALOCAL01 #A (A15)01 #POS (N2)END-DEFINEMOVE '123BDBEBDABFBBB' TO #AEXAMINE #A FOR 'B' REPLACE FIRST 'K' GIVING POSITION #POS WRITE '=' #A '=' #POSENDWhat is the value of #A and #POS?

  1. #A: 123KDBEBDABFBBB #POS: 4

  2. #A: 123KDBEBDABFBBB #POS: 7

  3. #A: 123KDKEKDAKFKKK #POS: 7

  4. #A: 123KDKEKDAKFKKK #POS: 4
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The EXAMINE statement with REPLACE FIRST scans '123BDBEBDABFBBB' for the first occurrence of 'B', which is at position 4 (1-indexed). It replaces that 'B' with 'K', resulting in '123KDBEBDABFBBB'. The position value 4 is stored in #POS. Option A correctly shows both the modified string and the position.

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