Package MacroArray, version 0.9

Package MacroArray, version 0.9:

-New macro `%sortMacroArra()` added.
-The doc. updated.

README.md

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 [Documentation for DFA](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/dfa.md "Documentation for DFA")
 
-- **macroArray**\[0.8\], implementation of an array concept in a macrolanguage, e.g. 
+- **macroArray**\[0.9\], implementation of an array concept in a macrolanguage, e.g. 
 ```sas
   %array(ABC[17] (111:127), macarray=Y); 
   
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       which = 1:H:2
   );
 ```
-SHA256 digest for macroArray: 9FE227EF3144431B51063D599148BDD8873509D1B32F1AC2979EC566E1BB1487
+SHA256 digest for macroArray: 95164E71AF0B86AC816F13821F6468F611C6E5BB9036AC10459CDEB10487B08E
 
 [Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
 

packages/README.md

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 ---
 
-- **macroArray**\[0.8\], implementation of an array concept in a macro language, e.g. 
+- **macroArray**\[0.9\], implementation of an array concept in a macro language, e.g. 
 ```sas
   %array(ABC[17] (111:127), macarray=Y); 
   
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SHA256 digest for DFA: C32A81304A411C1EB6BA7B76EDB8D70550F3935F35A1506E2B8019A20
       which = 1:H:2
   );
 ```
-SHA256 digest for macroArray: 70032D27081A0EE15BC82B8F14D2A61700FA7C1F0D88B4DB516AB433CD06C4D3
+SHA256 digest for macroArray: 95164E71AF0B86AC816F13821F6468F611C6E5BB9036AC10459CDEB10487B08E
 
 [Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
 

packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* 20211228 */
+macroArray: 95164E71AF0B86AC816F13821F6468F611C6E5BB9036AC10459CDEB10487B08E
+
 /* 20211123 */
 BasePlus: 105F0CEB95C49102BDB085DF67C785301F623CB337D466F07B5E051626E4AE61
 

packages/macroarray.md

@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@
   * [`%mcHashTable()` macro](#mchashtable-macro)
   * [`%QzipArrays()` macro](#qziparrays-macro)
   * [`%zipArrays()` macro](#ziparrays-macro)
+  * [`%sortMacroArray()` macro](#sortmacroarray-macro)
+  
   * [License](#license)
 
 ---
 
-# The macroArray package [ver. 0.8] <a name="macroarray-package"></a> ###############################################
+# The macroArray package [ver. 0.9] <a name="macroarray-package"></a> ###############################################
 
 The **macroArray** package implements a macro array facility:
 - `%array()`,
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ The **macroArray** package implements a macro array facility:
 - `%appendcell()`,
 - `%mcHashTable()`,
 - `%zipArrays()`,
+- `%sortMacroArray()`,
 - etc.
 
 The set of macros, which emulates classic
@@ -62,14 +65,17 @@ Package contains:
   8.   macro      do_over3 
   9.   macro      make_do_over 
   10.  macro      mchashtable 
+  11.  macro      sortmacroarray 
+  12.  macro      qziparrays
+  13.  macro      ziparrays
 
 Required SAS Components: 
   *Base SAS Software*
 
-*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20211111.*
+*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20211216.*
 
 The SHA256 hash digest for package macroArray: 
-`70032D27081A0EE15BC82B8F14D2A61700FA7C1F0D88B4DB516AB433CD06C4D3`
+`95164E71AF0B86AC816F13821F6468F611C6E5BB9036AC10459CDEB10487B08E`
 
 ---
 # Content description ############################################################################################
@@ -1833,6 +1839,92 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
 
 ---
 
+## >>> `%sortMacroArray()` macro: <<< <a name="sortmacroarray-macro"></a> #######################  
+
+The sortMacroArray() macro
+allow to sort elements of a macro array. 
+
+The **limitation** is that sorted values are limited to 32767 bytes of length.
+
+See examples below for the details.
+
+### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
+
+The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%sortMacroArray(
+    array
+  <,valLength=>
+  <,outSet=> 
+  <,sortseq=>
+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Arguments description**:
+
+1. `array`             - *Required*, name of an array generated by the `%array()` macro.
+
+* `valLength = 32767`  - *Optional*, default value is `32767`, 
+                          maximum length of a variable storing macrovariable data.
+                          (the reason of 32767 limitation) 
+
+* `outSet    = _NULL_` - *Optional*, default value is `_NULL_`,
+                          an optional output dataset name. 
+
+* `sortseq  =`         - *Optional*, default value is `LINGUISTIC(NUMERIC_COLLATION = ON)`,
+                          sorting options for use in an internal `Proc SORT`.
+
+### EXAMPLES AND USECASES: ####################################################
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 1.** Basic use-case. 
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+
+options mprint;
+ods html;
+ods listing close;
+
+
+%array(hij [4:9] $ 512 ("C33" "B22" "A11" "A01" "A02" "X42"), macarray=Y)
+
+%put NOTE: %do_over(hij);
+
+%sortMacroArray(hij, valLength=3, outSet = A_NULL_(compress=char))
+
+%put NOTE: %do_over(hij);
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 2.** Basic use-case. 
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+
+options mprint;
+ods html;
+ods listing close;
+
+
+%array(ds = sashelp.class, vars = name|NNN height|h, macarray=Y)
+%array(ds = sashelp.cars, vars = model|, macarray=Y)
+
+%put NOTE: %do_over(NNN);
+%put NOTE: %do_over(H);
+%put NOTE: %do_over(model);
+
+%sortMacroArray(NNN, valLength=30, outSet = A_NULL_(compress=char))
+%sortMacroArray(H, valLength=32)
+%sortMacroArray(model, valLength=120)
+
+%put NOTE: %do_over(NNN);
+%put NOTE: %do_over(H);
+%put NOTE: %do_over(model);
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+---
+
 ## License ####################################################################
 
 Copyright (c) Bartosz Jablonski, since January 2019