The BasePlus package [ver. 1.16]

The BasePlus package [ver. 1.16]

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

hash: 4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E

README.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ SHA256 digest for macroArray: DF63B0E027827A82038F1C8422787A0BC569BA93104BA1778D
 [Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
 
 
-- **BasePlus**\[1.15\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as:
+- **BasePlus**\[1.16\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as:
 ```sas
 call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
 call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ format x bool.;
 
 %zipLibrary(sashelp,libOut=work)
 ```
-SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 0331C673052D5221DA98C5CC93295634D8A0BC62C7D2FEF9D0D85B0B2DEDE4E9
+SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E
 
 [Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
 

packages/README.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ SHA256 digest for macroArray: DF63B0E027827A82038F1C8422787A0BC569BA93104BA1778D
 
 ---
 
-- **BasePlus**\[1.15\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
+- **BasePlus**\[1.16\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
 ```sas
 call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
 call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ format x bool.;
 
 %zipLibrary(sashelp,libOut=work)
 ```
-SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 0331C673052D5221DA98C5CC93295634D8A0BC62C7D2FEF9D0D85B0B2DEDE4E9
+SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E
 
 [Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
 

packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* 20220509 */
+BasePlus:4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E
+
 /* 20220508 */
 BasePlus: 0331C673052D5221DA98C5CC93295634D8A0BC62C7D2FEF9D0D85B0B2DEDE4E9
 

packages/baseplus.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   
 ---
 
-# 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);