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The BasePlus package [ver. 1.16]

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The BasePlus package [ver. 1.16]

- improvement to: %LDSN(), %LVarNm(), and %LVarNmLab() macros. Big thanks to Richard DeVenezia!

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Bart Jablonski (yabwon)
2022-05-09 19:00:25 +02:00
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---
# The BasePlus package [ver. 1.15] <a name="baseplus-package"></a> ###############################################
# The BasePlus package [ver. 1.16] <a name="baseplus-package"></a> ###############################################
The **BasePlus** package implements useful
functions and functionalities I miss in the BASE SAS.
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Package contains:
*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20220420*
The SHA256 hash digest for package BasePlus:
`0331C673052D5221DA98C5CC93295634D8A0BC62C7D2FEF9D0D85B0B2DEDE4E9`
`4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E`
---
# Content description ############################################################################################
@@ -3593,23 +3593,6 @@ The `%LDSN()` macro executes like a pure macro code.
`%ldsn(work.test)`, `%ldsn( work.test)`, `%ldsn(work.test )`,
`%ldsn(work .test)`, `%ldsn(work. test)`, `%ldsn(work . test)`.
- if the user want to add an extra suffix to the dataset the `%ldsn()` macro
**has** to be wrapped inside the `%unquote()` macro function.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
data
%unquote(%LDSN(WORK.some strange! DS name))_1
%unquote(%LDSN(WORK.some strange! DS name))_2
;
set sashelp.class;
if SEX="M" then output %unquote(%LDSN(WORK.some strange! DS name))_1;
else output %unquote(%LDSN(WORK.some strange! DS name))_2;
run;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The reason for this is a "bug" like behaviour of SAS tokenizer/macroprocesor.
See the following SAS-L discussion thread:
`https://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?A2=SAS-L;4b2bcf80.2205A&S=`
- macro calls of the form:
`data %LDSN(); run;`, `data %LDSN( ); run;`, `data %LDSN( . ); run;` or even
`data %LDSN( . (keep=x)); run;` are resolved to empty string, so the result is
@@ -3671,23 +3654,6 @@ The `%LVarNm()` macro executes like a pure macro code.
e.g. the following will give the same hash digest:
`%LVarNm(test)`, `%LVarNm( test)`, `%LVarNm(test )`.
- if the user want to add an extra suffix to the variable,
e.g. to get a numerical suffix, the `%LVarNm()` macro
**has** to be wrapped inside the `%unquote()` macro function.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
data test4;
array X[*] %unquote(%LVarNm(some strange! name))_0 - %unquote(%LVarNm(some strange! name))_10;
do i = lbound(X) to hbound(X);
X[i] = 2**(i-1);
put X[i]=;
end;
run;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The reason for this is a "bug" like behaviour of SAS tokenizer/macroprocesor.
See the following SAS-L discussion thread:
`https://listserv.uga.edu/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?A2=SAS-L;4b2bcf80.2205A&S=`
### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
@@ -3751,7 +3717,7 @@ run;
**EXAMPLE 4.**
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
data test4;
array X[*] %unquote(%LVarNm(some strange! name))_0 - %unquote(%LVarNm(some strange! name))_10;
array X[*] %LVarNm(some strange! name)_0 - %LVarNm(some strange! name)_10;
do i = lbound(X) to hbound(X);
X[i] = 2**(i-1);