Merge pull request #119 from yabwon/main

SAS Packages Framework, version 20251126

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) since 2019 Bartosz Jablonski
+Copyright (c) 2019 - 2025 Bartosz Jablonski   
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -1,75 +1,214 @@
-# SAS_PACKAGES - a SAS Packages Framework and Repository
+# SAS Packages Framework
+
+![SAS Packages Framework](./SPF/Logo/SPFlogo1200x770.png "SAS Packages Framework")
 
 ---
 
-## Intro:
-
 A **SAS package** is an automatically generated, single, stand alone *zip* file containing organised and ordered code structures, created by the developer and extended with additional automatically generated "driving" files (i.e. description, metadata, load, unload, and help files). 
 
 The *purpose of a package* is to be a simple, and easy to access, code sharing medium, which will allow: on the one hand, to separate the code complex dependencies created by the developer from the user experience with the final product and, on the other hand, reduce developer's and user's unnecessary frustration related to a remote deployment process.
 
-In this repository we are presenting the **SAS Packages Framework** which allows to develop and use SAS packages. **The latest version** of SPF is **`20210122`**.  
+In this repository we are presenting the **SAS Packages Framework** - a tool that allows to develop and use SAS packages. 
 
-To get started with SAS Packages try this [**`Getting Started with SAS Packages`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/Getting_Started_with_SAS_Packages.pdf "Getting Started with SAS Packages") presentation (see the `./SPF/Documentation` directory).
+Don't forget to give the repository a **STAR** and become [stargazer](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/stargazers)! :-)
 
-The documentation and more advance reading would be the [**`SAS(r) packages - the way to share (a how to)- Paper 4725-2020 - extended.pdf`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)%20packages%20-%20the%20way%20to%20share%20(a%20how%20to)-%20Paper%204725-2020%20-%20extended.pdf "SAS packages - the way to share") article (see the `./SPF/Documentation` directory).
 
-Short description of the SAS Packages Framework macros can be found [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md "Short description of the SAS Packages Framework macros")
-
-**General overview video:**
-  - [SAS Global Forum 2020 V.E.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCkb-bx0Dv8&t=0s "SGF2020") (April 2020)
-  - [Sasensei International Dojo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFhdUBQgjYQ&t=0s "SID no. 1") (April 2020)
-  - [SAS dla Administratorów i Praktyków 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXuep2k48Z8&feature=youtu.be&t=0s "SASAiP2020") (October 2020, in Polish)
-  - [Boston Area SAS Users Group webinar](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/p6ZpCsvc5YZDQGpLOOLOB4zyNGA4vjfjJcNhwaGQ7jKKR00Z_bmeCcBkcwkut6Pr.Q6UoueYAOcv6dPQf "BASUG") (November 2020)
 ---
 
-### The User:
-To use a package:
-- Create a folder for your packages, under Windows OS family, e.g. `C:/SAS_PACKAGES` or under Linux/UNIX OS family, e.g. `/home/<username>/SAS_PACKAGES`.
+### Current version:
 
-and then either:
+**The latest version** of the **SAS Packages Framework** is **`20251126`**.
 
-- Download the `SPFinit.sas` file (the SAS Packages Framework) into the local packages folder.
+---
+
+---
+
+## Intro: 
+
+To get started with SAS Packages try: [**`Introduction to SAS Packages`**](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeMzGEImIT5eV13IGXQIgWmTFCJt_cLZG&si=ElQm0_ifq76mvUbq "Introduction to SAS Packages video series") video series or [**`Getting Started with SAS Packages`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/Getting_Started_with_SAS_Packages.pdf "Getting Started with SAS Packages") presentation (see the `./SPF/Documentation` directory).
+
+The documentation and more advance reading can be found in the [**`SAS(r) packages - the way to share (a how to)- Paper 4725-2020 - extended.pdf`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)%20packages%20-%20the%20way%20to%20share%20(a%20how%20to)-%20Paper%204725-2020%20-%20extended.pdf "SAS packages - the way to share") article (see the `./SPF/Documentation` directory).
+
+Short description of the SAS Packages Framework macros and their parameters can be found [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md "Short description of the SAS Packages Framework macros")
+
+### Recordings and Presentations:
+
+Videos presenting the SPF and packages, from various conferences and meetups (the newer the better):
+
+  - ["SAS Packages: The Way to Share" - SAS Global Forum 2020 V.E.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCkb-bx0Dv8&t=0s "SGF2020") (April 2020, ~20 minutes, general overview but with a bit obsolete technical details)
+  - ["SAS Packages: The Way to Share" - SaSensei International Dojo No. 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFhdUBQgjYQ&t=0s "SID no. 1") (April 2020, ~28 minutes, general overview but with a bit obsolete technical details)
+  - ["Co nowego z pakietami SAS?" - SAS dla Administratorów i Praktyków 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXuep2k48Z8&feature=youtu.be&t=0s "SASAiP2020") (October 2020, in Polish, ~41 minutes, general overview and technical details how to use SPF)
+  - ["SAS Packages - The Way to Share" - Boston Area SAS Users Group webinar](https://www.basug.org/videos?wix-vod-video-id=78067e61413d43d3a6951974b3bc3014&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-klv807gt "BASUG") (November 2020, ~59 minutes, general overview and technical details how to use SPF)
+  - ["My First SAS Package: A How-To" - SAS Global Forum 2021 V.E.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqexaQtGw88 "SGF2021") (May 20th 2021, ~30 minutes, technical workshop on how to create a package)
+  -  ["Kod SASowy ukryty na widoku" - SAS dla Administratorów i Praktyków 2021](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtaWPe2sgRY&t=1s) (November 24th 2021, in Polish, ~34 minutes, technical presentation with details about the GSM package)
+  - ["A BasePlus Package for SAS" - SAS Explore 2022](https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Explore-Presentations/A-BasePlus-Package-for-SAS/ta-p/838246 "SASexplore2022 communities.sas.com") (September 27th-29th 2022, ~28 minutes, technical presentation with details about the BasePlus package), alternative video at YouTube is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Poxkx5WfOQ "SASexplore2022 TouTube")
+  - ["SAS Packages - State of the Union" - SaSensei International Dojo No. 13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEldZYQjj0&t=0s "SID no. 13") (November 10th 2022, ~50 minutes, general overview with the latest technical details)
+  - ["SAS Packages Framework - an easy code sharing medium for SAS" - Warsaw IT Days 2023](https://youtu.be/T52Omisi0dk&t=0s "Warsaw IT Days 2023") (March 31st 2023, ~60 minutes, general overview with technical details for user and developer)
+  - ["SAS Package ー その共有、もっとスマートに" - SASユーザー総会 2025](https://youtu.be/4QRr7sUhO9E "SASユーザー総会2025") (September 25th 2025, ~22 minutes, general overview with the list of reasons: why is it worth to use SAS packages?)
+
+
+### Tutorials:
+
+Here are links to some tutorials which may help you to start with the framework. 
+Order is dictated by the amount of details presented. 
+Letter "D" indicates tutorial dedicated for developers and "U" materials for users.
+
+1) (DU) A [video](https://youtu.be/T52Omisi0dk&t=0s) explaining the idea in more details.
+
+2) (D) Very simple ["Hello World" example](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/HelloWorldPackage.md) tutorial for developers. As a support a [walk-through video](https://youtu.be/T52Omisi0dk&t=2160s)
+
+3) (D) Article and all required materials for ["My first SAS Package"](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021) tutorial.
+
+4) (DU) Materials from Hands-on-Workshop (4+ hours) tutorial: [Share your code with SAS Packages](https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages). 
+   It is a "zero to hero" tutorial that explains all the "bells and whistles" of using, and all the "nuts and bolts" of developing SAS packages.
+
+---
+
+---
+
+### Initiative to add SAS Packages Framework to SAS Base/Viya:
+
+A **SASware Ballot Idea** for adding *SAS Packages Framework* macros into Base SAS and Viya was submitted Friday, May 27th 2022. If you would like to support the idea visit this [**communities.sas.com post**](https://communities.sas.com/t5/SASware-Ballot-Ideas/Add-SAS-Packages-Framework-to-the-SAS-Base-Viya/idi-p/815508) and up vote the idea! We have 48 likes from 46 supporters up to today (as of September 30, 2025)!
+
+---
+
+### A Brief User Manual:
+
+This is a brief intro. See below to find a link to detailed workshop materials.
+
+#### Create directory 
+
+The first step to use a package with the SAS Packages Framework:
+
+- Create a folder for your packages, under Windows OS family e.g., `C:/SAS_PACKAGES` or under Linux/UNIX OS family e.g., `/home/<username>/SAS_PACKAGES`. The path selected is totally up to you.
+
+#### Manual installation 
+
+- Manually download the `SPFinit.sas` file (the SAS Packages Framework) into the local packages folder.
 - \[Optional\] Manually download the `<packageName>.zip` file into the local packages folder.
 - and Execute:
 
 ```sas
-filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>"; /* setup directory for packages */
-%include packages(SPFinit.sas); /* enable the framework */
+filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";         /* setup directory for packages */
+%include packages(SPFinit.sas);                               /* enable the framework */
 
-/* %installPackage(packageName) */ /* install the package, unless you downloaded it manually */
+/* %installPackage(packageName) */                            /* install the package, unless you downloaded it manually */
 
-%helpPackage(packageName)    /* get help about the package */
-%loadPackage(packageName)    /* load the package content into the SAS session */
+%helpPackage(packageName)                                     /* get help about the package */
+%loadPackage(packageName)                                     /* load the package content into the SAS session */
 ```
 
-or if you need it just for "one time" only Execute: 
+---
+
+#### Automatic (one-time-only) installation 
+
+If you need it just for "one time" only, e.g., for test if you like it:
+
+- Execute: 
 
 ```sas
-filename packages "%sysfunc(pathname(work))"; /* setup temporary directory for packages in the WORK */
+filename packages "%sysfunc(pathname(work))"; /* setup WORK as temporary directory for packages */
 filename SPFinit url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas";
 %include SPFinit; /* enable the framework */
 
-%installPackage(packageName) /* install the package */
+%installPackage(packageName) /* install a package */
 %helpPackage(packageName)    /* get help about the package */
 %loadPackage(packageName)    /* load the package content into the SAS session */
 ```
 
- [**Workshop video for the User**](https://youtu.be/qX_-HJ76g8Y)\[May 6th, 2020\] [a bit outdated but gives the idea how it works]
+---
+
+#### Automatic (permanent) installation
+
+To install SPF pragmatically:
+
+- Enable the framework [do this first and one time only!]:
+
+```sas
+filename SPFinit url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas";
+%include SPFinit; /* enable the framework */
+```
+
+  or (shorter) with:
+
+```sas
+filename SPFinit url "https://bit.ly/SPFinit";
+%include SPFinit; /* enable the framework */
+```
+
+- Install the framework on your machine in the folder you created:
+
+```sas
+filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>"; 
+%installPackage(SPFinit) /* install the framework */
+```
+
+- From now on, just like you would assign libraries, run the SPF and use packages like this:
+
+```sas
+filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";
+%include packages(SPFinit.sas);
+
+%installPackage(packageName) /* install a package */
+%helpPackage(packageName)    /* get help about the package */
+%loadPackage(packageName)    /* load the package content into the SAS session */
+```
 
 ---
 
-### The Developer:
-To create your own package:
-- Read the [**`SAS(r) packages - the way to share (a how to)- Paper 4725-2020 - extended.pdf`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)%20packages%20-%20the%20way%20to%20share%20(a%20how%20to)-%20Paper%204725-2020%20-%20extended.pdf "SAS packages - the way to share") to learn more details.
-- Download and use the `SPFinit.sas` file (the SAS Packages Framework), the part of the framework required for *testing* is there too.
+[**Detailed workshop materials**](https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages) (i.e. "from 0 to hero" instruction).
+
+The youtube "Workshop video for the User" got outdated (in general). Newer version is coming soon, in the mean time see some of the videos from the "Recordings and Presentations" section above. 
+(You can watch the workshop if you wish, link is working and some parts are still valid source of information e.g., "`ICE` loading" or "`disk` loading")
+
+ <s>[**Workshop video for the User**](https://youtu.be/qX_-HJ76g8Y) \[May 6th, 2020\] [~86 minutes, outdated (installPackage macro was not there yet) but gives the idea how it works especially load, help, unload, ICEload, and other details]</s>
 
 ---
 
-#### If you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas do not hesitate to contact me!
+---
+
+### For The Developer:
+
+In brief, to create your own package:
+
+- Download (and use) the `SPFinit.sas` file (the SAS Packages Framework), the part of the framework required for *testing* is there too.
+
+- See this ["Hello World" example tutorial.](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/HelloWorldPackage.md "Hello World")
+
+- Read the [**`SAS Packages - The Way to Share (a How-To) - Paper 4725-2020 - extended version`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)%20packages%20-%20the%20way%20to%20share%20(a%20how%20to)-%20Paper%204725-2020%20-%20extended.pdf "SAS packages - the way to share") article to learn more details.
+
+- Read the **`My First SAS Package: A How-To - Paper 1079-2021`** article available at communities.sas.com [**`here`**](https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Global-Forum-Proceedings/My-First-SAS-Package-A-How-To/ta-p/726319 "My First SAS Package: A How-To") or locally [**`here`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/My%20First%20SAS%20Package%20-%20a%20How%20To.pdf "My First SAS Package: A How-To")
+
+The SAS Packages Framework [(short) documentation](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md) to quickly see macros options and parameters.
+
+[**Detailed workshop materials**](https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages) (i.e. "from 0 to hero" detailed instruction with a bunch of examples).
 
 ---
 
+### If you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas do not hesitate to contact me!
+
+---
+
+### Updates worth mentioning:
+
+**Update**\[October 27th, 2024\]**:** `%splitCodeForPackage()` **utility macro is available. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20241027 "splitCodeForPackage"))**.
+
+**Update**\[October 14th, 2024\]**:** `DS2PCK` and `DS2THR` **types for `PROC DS2` *threads* and *packages* added to the framework. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20241014 "PROC DS2"))**.
+
+**Update**\[December 10th, 2023\]**:** `markdownDoc=` **parameter added to** `%generatePackage()` **macro, which allows to generate markdown file with documentation. Content is taken from the help information notes and the description. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20231210 "markdown documentation"))**.
+
+**Update**\[November 11th, 2023\]**:** `KMFSNIP` **type for *key macro abbreviations* snippets added to the framework. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20231111 "KMF-abbreviations"))**.
+
+**Update**\[February 7th, 2023\]**:** `ADDCNT` **type for *additional content* feature and ** `%loadPackageAddCnt()` **macro added to the framework. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20230207 "Additional Content"))**.
+
+**Update**\[December 12th, 2022\]**:** `CASLUDF` **type for CASL user defined functions added to the framework. Utility macros for for loading content in proc IML and proc CAS added. (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20221212 "New Type and Utility macros"))**.
+
+**Update**\[November 21st, 2022\]**:** `%loadPackage()` **macro allows Cherry Picking of content (see [here](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/releases/tag/20221121 "Cherry Picking"))**.
+
+**Update**\[September 30th, 2022\]**:** **New dedicated repository:** *SASPAC - the SAS Packages Archive* **is available as new location for packages storage**. Location of SASPAC is: [`https://github.com/SASPAC`](https://github.com/SASPAC) 
+
+**Update**\[November 11th, 2021\]**:** `%extendPackagesFileref()` **macro is available**.
+
 **Update**\[October 15th, 2020\]**:** `%previewPackage()` **macro is available**.
 
 **Update**\[September 11th, 2020\]**:** ` %loadPackageS()` and `%verifyPackage()` **macros are available**.
@@ -83,84 +222,65 @@ To create your own package:
 ---
 
 ## Where the SAS Packages Framework is used:
-This is a list of locations where the SAS Packages Framework is used. If you want to share that you are using SPF let me know and I'll update the list.
 
-The List:
-- Europe
-  - Poland 
-    - Warsaw
+This is a list of locations where the SAS Packages Framework is used:
+ - Warsaw (Poland)
+ - Osaka (Japan)
+ - Kyoto (Japan)
+
+If you want to share that you are using the SPF let me know and I'll update the list.
+
+If you find the SPF useful **share info** about it or **give it a [star ( ⭐ )](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/stargazers)** so more people will know.
+
+---
+
+![SPF_sticker](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/assets/9314894/cb9b7380-cb75-4501-978d-7ade02eccca8 "I'm using SAS Packages Framework")
 
 ---
 
 ## Available packages:
-Currently the following packages are available (see the `./packages` directory):
 
-- **SQLinDS**\[2.2\], based on Mike Rhoads' article *Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros*. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.
-```sas
-  data class;
-    set %SQL(select * from sashelp.class order by age);
-  run;
-```
-SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: 3034A0C8AC43683AD55698861DBBDEBDE6FC8567D59ECF2BB5F3389FE6BC8062
+This section presents some examples of available SAS packages.
 
-[Documentation for SQLinDS](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/sqlinds.md "Documentation for SQLinDS")
+**(!)** Since *September 2022* the default and **official** location for packages is **SASPAC - the SAS Packages Archive** located under: [`https://github.com/SASPAC`](https://github.com/SASPAC) where each package is stored as a separate repository with historical versions.
 
-- **MacroCore**\[1\], a macro library for SAS application developers. Over 100 macros for Base SAS, metadata, and Viya. Provided by the [SASjs framework](https://sasjs.io "SASjs framework").
+**(!)** For "backward compatibility"/historical point of view the following packages are also available under the `./packages` directory in this repository.
 
-SHA256 digest for MacroCore: A23C29529F3CE7D0C8BEE9545C5D22D5B5594907547374A5135B8E5A48D7687B
+Packages:
 
-[Documentation for MacroCore](https://core.sasjs.io "Documentation for MacroCore")
+- **SQLinDS**
 
-- **DFA** (Dynamic Function Arrays)\[0.5\], contains set of macros and FCMP functions which implement: a dynamically allocated array, a stack, a fifo queue, an ordered stack, and a priority queue, run `%helpPackage(DFA,createDFArray)` to find examples.
+  [Documentation for SQLinDS](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/sqlinds.md "Documentation for SQLinDS")
 
-SHA256 digest for DFA: 179AAB9DF3DE8F049A4EFDF5FB0BE92AE5F7BFA7708D4365F39D4DC71C4F90FE
-
-[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. 
-```sas
-  %array(ABC[17] (111:127), macarray=Y); 
-  
-  %macro test();
-    %do i = 1 %to 17; 
-      %put &i.) %ABC(&i.); 
-    %end;
-  %mend;
-  %test() 
-  
-  %let %ABC(13,i) = 99999; /* i = insert */
-
-  %do_over(ABC, phrase=%nrstr( 
-      %put &_i_.%) %ABC(&_i_.); 
-      ),
-      which = 1:H:2
-  );
-```
-SHA256 digest for macroArray: 42E87B80450B3E1AD462B9B63B41F34C83B7745AA0F98C3CA72AA19F3B1FF10E
-
-[Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
+  [SQLinDS in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/sqlinds "SQLinDS in SASPAC")
 
 
-- **BasePlus**\[0.991\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as:
-```sas
-call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
-call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
-call arrFill(42, myArray); 
+- **DFA** (Dynamic Function Arrays)
 
-rc = delDataset("DataSetToDrop"); 
+  [Documentation for DFA](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/dfa.md "Documentation for DFA")
 
-string = catXFn("date9.", "#", myArray);
+  [DFA in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/dfa "DFA in SASPAC")
 
-format x bool.;
+- **macroArray**
 
-%put %getVars(sashelp.class, pattern = ght$, sep = +, varRange = _numeric_);
-```
-SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 28F3DE865C5E3B914FFB7CC2627D8B0975527EEECEE7AFEAD7B335C3FDC1BFD3
+  [Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
 
-[Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
+  [MacroArray in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/macroarray "MacroArray in SASPAC")
 
-- **dynMacroArray**\[0.2\], set of macros (wrappers for a hash table) emulating dynamic array in the data step (macro predecessor of DFA)
+- **BasePlus**
+
+  [Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
+
+  [BasePlus in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus "BasePlus in SASPAC")
+
+- **GSM** (Generate Secure Macros)
+
+  [Documentation for GSM](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/gsm.md "Documentation for GSM")
+
+  [GSM in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/gsm "GSM in SASPAC")
+
+- **dynMacroArray**
+
+  Development of this package is currently on hold.
 
-SHA256 digest for dynMacroArray: 8B0777EA3CF41968C0B029AA57B1F809D21D1BAB1B88A35B0EA5DB3C6DD9E748
 
-### ======

SPF/Documentation/HelloWorldPackage.md

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+  
+## The "Hello World" Package
+
+---
+
+This is a "Hello World" example on how to build your first package with help of the SAS Packages Framework.
+
+We will generate a `HelloWorld` package.
+
+Follow the step by step instruction below.
+
+---
+
+`Step 1.` Create a folder for the framework e.g.,
+          `/home/<myUserName>/SASpackages` or `C:/SASpackages`
+
+`Step 2.` Run the following code to install The SAS Packages Framework
+          in the folder you created in the `Step 1.`
+
+```sas
+filename packages "<put/folder/from/the/step/one/here>";
+filename SPFinit url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas";
+%include SPFinit;
+%installPackage(SPFinit)
+```
+ 
+Check out the *log* to verify if the `Step 2.` was successful.
+If it was - then continue.
+
+
+`Step 3.` Create a folder for the content of the package we will generate e.g.,
+          `/home/<myUserName>/HelloWorldPackage` or `C:/HelloWorldPackage`
+
+`Step 4.` Inside the directory from the `Step 3.` create two sub-folders: `01_formats`
+          and `02_macros`. Remember to use *lower case letters* only!     
+
+`Step 5.` Inside the `01_formats` folder create a `helloworldformat.sas` file.
+          Remember to use lower case letters in the file name. Copy-paste below code
+          into that file:
+
+```sas
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ This is a help info for the `HelloWorldFormat.` format.
+ 
+ Category *other* is marked with exclamation mark (`!`).
+*//*** HELP END ***/
+
+value HelloWorldFormat
+  1 = " Hello"
+  2 = " SAS"
+  3 = " Packages"
+  4 = " World"
+  other = "!"
+;
+```
+
+`Step 6.` Inside the `02_macros` folder create a `helloworldmacro.sas` file.
+          Remember to use lower case letters in the file name. Copy-paste below code
+          into that file:
+```sas
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ This is a help info for the `%helloWorldMacro()` macro.
+ 
+ Macro has the following parameter(s):
+ - `n` - *Required*, provides number of loop iterations.
+ 
+*//*** HELP END ***/
+
+%macro HelloWorldMacro(n);
+  data _null_;
+    do i = 1 to &n.;
+      put i HelloWorldFormat. @; 
+    end;
+  run;
+%mend HelloWorldMacro;
+```
+
+
+`Step 7.` Inside the directory from the `Step 3.` create a `description.sas` file. 
+          Remember to use lower case letters in the file name. Copy-paste below text
+          into that file, adjust lines 5 and 6:    
+```txt
+Type: Package
+Package: helloWorld
+Title: My Hello World SAS package.
+Version: 1.0
+Author: <myFirstname> <myLastname> (my@mail.com)
+Maintainer: <myFirstname> <myLastname> (my@mail.com)
+License: MIT
+Encoding: UTF8
+
+Required: "Base SAS Software"
+
+DESCRIPTION START:
+### My "Hello World" SAS package ###
+
+The "Hello World" is my first SAS package and 
+for sure it will not be the last package one!
+
+Using packages is a good idea!
+DESCRIPTION END:
+```
+
+`Step 8.` Execute the following code and check the log 
+          to read the `%generatePackage()` macro help info.
+
+```sas
+%generatePackage()
+```
+
+`Step 9.` Execute the following code using the folder 
+          from the `Step 3.` and check the log to see how 
+          the process of package generation went.
+
+```sas
+%generatePackage(
+  filesLocation=<put/folder/from/the/step/three/here>
+ ,markdownDoc=1
+)
+```
+
+`Step 10.` See the information in the output window and in the log.
+           The `WARNING:[License] No license.sas file provided, default (MIT) licence file will be generated.` can be ignored.
+
+`Step 11.` Check the directory from the `Step 3.` and look for the `helloworld.zip` package file and `helloworld.md` documentation file.
+
+---
+
+`Step 12.` Start a new SAS session, run the following code, and investigate the log:
+
+```sas
+filename packages ("<put/folder/from/the/step/one/here>" "<put/folder/from/the/step/three/here>");
+%include packages(SPFinit.sas);
+
+%loadPackage(HelloWorld)
+
+%HelloWorldMacro(7)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Congratulations!! You've just created your first HelloWorld package.
+
+Now you are ready to do smome more advanced work.
+
+- Read the **`My First SAS Package: A How-To - Paper 1079-2021`** article, available at communities.sas.com [**`here`**](https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Global-Forum-Proceedings/My-First-SAS-Package-A-How-To/ta-p/726319 "My First SAS Package: A How-To + Video") (video included) or locally [**`here`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/My%20First%20SAS%20Package%20-%20a%20How%20To.pdf "My First SAS Package: A How-To"), describing the proces of a package creation with more advanced example and technical details.
+
+- Go to "bare metal" and read the [**`SAS Packages - The Way to Share (a How-To) - Paper 4725-2020 - extended version`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)%20packages%20-%20the%20way%20to%20share%20(a%20how%20to)-%20Paper%204725-2020%20-%20extended.pdf "SAS packages - the way to share") - an article which contains all technical details on how the SAS Packages Framework works and how to use it (both as a develope and as a user).
+
+---
+
+The SAS Packages Framework [(short) documetation](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md) to quickly see macros options and parametera.
+
+---
+
+

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/Paper_1079-2021.sas

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+/*one library "myLib" created in the (same named) subderectory of the "WORK" directory.*/
+data _null_;
+  length rc0 $ 32767 rc1 rc2 8;
+  lib = "myLib";
+  rc0 = DCREATE(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/");
+  put rc0 = ;
+  rc1 = LIBNAME(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/" !! lib, "BASE"); 
+  rc2 = LIBREF (lib);
+  if rc2 NE 0 then 
+    rc1 = LIBNAME(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))", "BASE");
+run;
+
+libname myLib LIST;
+
+/*two FCMP functions: "F1" and "F2", */
+proc FCMP outlib = work.f.p;
+  function F1(n);
+    return (n+1);
+  endsub;
+
+  function F2(n);
+    return (n+2);
+  endsub;
+run;
+options cmplib = work.f; 
+
+/*one numeric format "fmtNum" and informat "infNum", */
+proc FORMAT;
+  value fmtNum
+  low -< 0         = "negative"
+         0         = "zero"
+         0 <- high = "positive"
+         other     = "missing"
+  ;
+  invalue infNum
+    "negative" = -1
+    "zero"     =  0
+    "positive" =  1
+    "missing"  =  .
+    other      = 42
+  ;
+run;
+
+/*one exemplary small dataset "myLib.smallDataset", and*/
+data myLib.smallDataset;
+  do n = ., -1, 0, 1;
+    m = put(n, fmtNum.);
+    output;
+  end;
+run;
+
+/*one exemplary bigger dataset "myLib.biggerDataset".*/
+data myLib.biggerDataset;
+  do i = ., -1e6 to 1e6;
+    j = put(i, fmtNum.);
+    k = ranuni(17);
+    output;
+  end;
+run;
+
+/*two macros: "mcrOne" and "mcrTwo" */
+%macro mcrOne();
+  %put **Hi! This is macro &sysmacroname.**;
+  data _null_;
+    set myLib.smallDataset;
+    p = f1(n);
+    p + f2(n);
+    put (n p) (= fmtNum.);
+  run;
+%mend mcrOne;
+
+%macro mcrTwo(m=mcrOne);
+  %put **This is macro &sysmacroname.**;
+  %put **and I am calling the &m.**;
+  %&m.()
+
+  %put The answer is: %sysfunc(inputn("I don't know...", infNum.));
+%mend mcrTwo;
+
+/* %mcrTwo() */

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/generate_package.sas

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+filename packages "~/saspackages";
+%include packages(SPFinit.sas); 
+
+%generatePackage(~/saspackages/myPackage)

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/getTheSASPackagesFramework.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+filename packages "~/saspackages";
+
+filename SPFinit url 
+  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas";
+%include SPFinit; 
+
+%installPackage(SPFinit)

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/001_libname/mylib.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`myLib` library
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+data _null_;
+  length rc0 $ 32767 rc1 rc2 8;
+  lib = "myLib";
+  rc0 = DCREATE(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/");
+  put rc0 = ;
+  rc1 = LIBNAME(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/" !! lib, "BASE"); 
+  rc2 = LIBREF (lib);
+  if rc2 NE 0 then 
+    rc1 = LIBNAME(lib, "%sysfunc(pathname(work))", "BASE");
+run;
+
+libname myLib LIST;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/002_functions/f1.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`F1` function
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+function F1(n);
+  return (n+1);
+endsub;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/002_functions/f2.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`F2` function
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+function F2(n);
+  return (n+2);
+endsub;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/003_formats/fmtnum.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`fmtNum` format
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+value fmtNum
+  low -< 0         = "negative"
+         0         = "zero"
+         0 <- high = "positive"
+         other     = "missing"
+  ;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/003_formats/infnum.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`infNum` informat
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+invalue infNum
+    "negative" = -1
+    "zero"     =  0
+    "positive" =  1
+    "missing"  =  .
+    other      = 42
+  ;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/004_data/mylib.smalldataset.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`myLib.smallDataset` data
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+data myLib.smallDataset;
+  do n = ., -1, 0, 1;
+    m = put(n, fmtNum.);
+    output;
+  end;
+run;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/005_lazydata/mylib.biggerdataset.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`myLib.biggerDataset` data
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+data myLib.biggerDataset;
+  do i = ., -1e6 to 1e6;
+    j = put(i, fmtNum.);
+    k = ranuni(17);
+    output;
+  end;
+run;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/006_macro/mcrone.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+`mcrOne` macro
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+%macro mcrOne();
+  %put **Hi! This is macro &sysmacroname.**;
+  data _null_;
+    set myLib.smallDataset;
+    p = f1(n);
+    p + f2(n);
+    put (n p) (= fmtNum.);
+  run;
+%mend mcrOne;

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/006_macro/mcrtwo.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+## General Info: ##
+
+The `%mcrTwo()` macro is the main macro of the package. 
+
+It has one key-value parameter `m` with default value `mcrOne`.
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+%macro mcrTwo(m=mcrOne);
+  %put **This is macro &sysmacroname.**;
+  %put **and I am calling the &m.**;
+  %&m.()
+
+  %put The answer is: %sysfunc(inputn("I don't know...", infNum.));
+%mend mcrTwo;
+
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/*
+## Examples: ##
+
+Example 1. Basic use-case:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+%mcrTwo(m=mcrOne)
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+*/
+/*** HELP END ***/

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/description.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Type: Package
+Package: myPackage
+Title: My first SAS package.
+Version: 1.0
+Author: John Smith (john.smith@mail.com)
+Maintainer: Jane Smith (jane.smith@mail.com)
+License: MIT
+Encoding: UTF8
+
+Required: "Base SAS Software"
+
+DESCRIPTION START:
+## The myPackage ##
+
+The `myPackage` is my first SAS package and 
+for sure it won't be the last package!
+It was created during SAS Global Forum 2021 
+virtual event.
+
+It helps me to share my code with other SAS users!
+DESCRIPTION END:

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/myPackage/test/my test.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+%mcrTwo(m=mcrOne)

SPF/Documentation/Paper_1079-2021/mypackage.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+## General Info: ##
+
+The `%mcrTwo()` macro is the main macro of the package. 
+
+It has one key-value parameter `m` with default value `mcrOne`.
+
+## Examples: ##
+
+Example 1. Basic use-case:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+%mcrTwo(m=mcrOne)
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SPF/Macros/extendpackagesfileref.sas

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+/*+extendPackagesFileref+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro extendPackagesFileref(
+ packages /* A valid fileref name, 
+             when empty the "packages" value is used */
+)/secure
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20251126. Run %extendPackagesFileref(HELP) for help info.'
+;
+
+%if %QUPCASE(&packages.) = HELP %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put ###########################################################################################;
+    %put ###       This is short help information for the `extendPackagesFileref` macro            #;
+    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # Macro to list directories pointed by 'packages' fileref, version `20251126`             #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                          #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                  #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and embedded inside the zip.                            #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%extendPackagesFileref())` macro lists directories pointed by                       #;
+    %put # the packages fileref. It allows to add new directories to packages folder list.         #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                          #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # 1. `packages`      *Optional.* A valid fileref name, when empty the "packages" is used. #;
+    %put #                       Use case:                                                         #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%extendPackagesFileref()).`                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # When used as: `%nrstr(%%extendPackagesFileref(HELP))` it displays this help information.         #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`             #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                          #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`                     #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #### Example ##############################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                                    #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and adding                                                   #;
+    %put #   new directory.                                                                        #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                                    #;
+    %put #   is located in one of "C:/SAS_PK1" or "C:/SAS_PK2" folders.                            #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                           #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages ("C:/SAS_PK1" "C:/SAS_PK2"); %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);                %%* enable the framework;                  );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages ("D:/NEW_DIR" %%extendPackagesFileref()); %%* add new directory;        );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put ###########################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDextendPackagesFileref;
+  %end;
+
+  %if %superq(packages) = %then %let packages = packages;
+  %if %qsysfunc(pathname(&packages.)) ne %then
+    %do;
+      %if %qsubstr(%qsysfunc(pathname(&packages.)), 1, 1) = %str(%() %then
+        %do;
+          %local length;
+          %let length = %eval(%length(%qsysfunc(pathname(&packages.)))-2);
+          %unquote(%qsubstr(%qsysfunc(pathname(&packages.)), 2, &length.))
+        %end;
+      %else "%sysfunc(pathname(&packages.))";
+  %end;
+%ENDextendPackagesFileref:
+%mend extendPackagesFileref; 
+
+/* Examples:
+
+filename packages "C:\";
+%include packages(SPFinit.sas)
+
+%extendPackagesFileref(HELP)
+
+filename packages (%extendPackagesFileref() "D:\");
+filename packages list;
+
+filename packages clear;
+
+filename packages "C:\";
+filename packages ("D:\" %extendPackagesFileref());
+filename packages list;
+
+%put *%extendPackagesFileref()*;
+
+
+
+*/
+

SPF/Macros/helppackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*+helpPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro helpPackage(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackageFile.zip, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, helpKeyword                         /* phrase to search in help,
+                                         when empty prints description 
+                                         "*" means print all help 
+                                         "license" prints license */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, options = %str(LOWCASE_MEMNAME)     /* possible options for ZIP filename */
+, source2 = /*source2*/               /* option to print out details, 
+                                         null by default */
+, zip = zip                           /* standard package is zip (lowcase), 
+                                         e.g. %helpPackage(PiPackage,*)
+                                         if the zip is not available use a folder
+                                         unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder
+                                         and use helpPackage in the form: 
+                                         %helpPackage(PiPackage, *, zip=disk, options=) */
+, packageContentDS = 0                 /* indicates if a data set with package 
+                                          content should be generated in WORK,
+                                          if set to 1 then WORK.packageName_content
+                                          dataset is created 
+                                        */
+)/secure
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20251126. Run %helpPackage() for help info.'
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###       This is short help information for the `helpPackage` macro            #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to get help about SAS packages, version `20251126`                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and provided with                             #;
+    %put # a single `help.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%helpPackage())` macro prints in the SAS log help                         #;
+    %put # information about the package provided by the developer.                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      *Required.* Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,          #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%helpPackage(myPackage)).`                             #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 2. `helpKeyword`      *Optional.*  A phrase to search in help,                #;
+    %put #                       - when empty prints description,                        #;
+    %put #                       - "*" means: print all help,                            #;
+    %put #                       - "license" prints the license.                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             *Optional.* Location of a package. By default it        #;
+    %put #                       looks for location of the **packages** fileref, i.e.    #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `options=`          *Optional.* Possible options for ZIP filename,          #;
+    %put #                       default value: `LOWCASE_MEMNAME`                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `source2=`          *Optional.* Option to print out details about           #;
+    %put #                       what is loaded, null by default.                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `zip=`              Standard package is zip (lowcase),                      #;
+    %put #                        e.g. `%nrstr(%%helpPackage(PiPackage))`.                        #;
+    %put #                       If the zip is not available use a folder.               #;
+    %put #                       Unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder                  #;
+    %put #                       and use helpPackage in the following form:              #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%helpPackage(PiPackage, ,zip=disk, options=))`         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `packageContentDS=` *Optional.* Indicates if a data set with package        #;
+    %put #                       content should be generated in `WORK`,                  #;
+    %put #                       with default value (`0`) the dataset is not produced,   #;
+    %put #                       if set to `1` then `WORK.packageName_content`.          #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Example ####################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%helpPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* get help about the package;                      );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* load the package content into the SAS session;   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%unloadPackage(SQLinDS)   %%* unload the package content from the SAS session; );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofhelpPackage;
+  %end;
+
+  /* local variables for options */
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+  %let ls_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp    = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let msglevel_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(packagemetadata.sas) / &source2.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        ENCODING =
+          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
+                                            %else utf8 ;
+      ;
+      %if 1=%superq(packageContentDS) %then %let packageContentDS=work.&packageName._content;
+                                      %else %let packageContentDS=;
+
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(help.sas) / &source2.;
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..&zip." does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+
+%ENDofhelpPackage:
+%mend helpPackage;
+
+/*
+TODO:
+- macro for testing available packages in the packages folder [DONE] checkout: %listPackages()
+- add MD5(&packageName.) value hash instead "package" word in filenames [DONE]
+*/
+

SPF/Macros/installpackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,690 @@
+/*+installPackage+*/
+/* Macros to install SAS packages, version 20251126  */
+/* A SAS package is a zip file containing a group of files
+   with SAS code (macros, functions, data steps generating 
+   data, etc.) wrapped up together and %INCLUDEed by
+   a single load.sas file (also embedded inside the zip).
+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro installPackage(
+  packagesNames /* space separated list of packages names, without the zip extension */
+, sourcePath =  /* location of the package, e.g. "www.some.page/", mind the "/" at the end */
+, mirror = 0    /* indicates which location for package source should be used */
+, version =     /* indicates which version of a package to install */
+, replace = 1   /* 1 = replace if the package already exist, 0 = otherwise */
+, URLuser =     /* user name for the password protected URLs */
+, URLpass =     /* password for the password protected URLs */
+, URLoptions =  /* options for the `sourcePath` URLs */
+, loadAddCnt=0  /* should the additional content be loaded?
+                   default is 0 - means No, 1 means Yes */
+, instDoc=0     /* should the markdown file with documentation be installed?
+                   default is 0 - means No, 1 means Yes */
+, SFRCVN =      /* name of a macro variable to store success-failure return code value */
+, github =      /* name of a user or an organization in GitHub, all characters except [A-z0-9_.-] are compressed */
+)
+/secure
+minoperator 
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20251126. Run %%installPackage() for help info.'
+;
+%if (%superq(packagesNames) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packagesNames.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put ##############################################################################################;
+    %put ###       This is short help information for the `installPackage` macro                      #;
+    %put #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # Macro to install SAS packages, version `20251126`                                          #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                             #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                     #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and embedded inside the zip.                               #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%installPackage())` macro installs the package zip                                     #;
+    %put # in the packages folder. The process of installation is equivalent with                     #;
+    %put # manual downloading the package zip file into the packages folder.                          #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # In case the packages fileref is a multi-directory one the first directory                  #;
+    %put # will be selected as a destination.                                                         #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                             #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # 1. `packagesNames` Space separated list of packages names _without_                        #;
+    %put #                    the zip extension, e.g. myPackage1 myPackage2,                          #;
+    %put #                    Required and not null, default use case:                                #;
+    %put #                    `%nrstr(%%installPackage(myPackage1 myPackage2))`.                               #;
+    %put #                    If empty displays this help information.                                #;
+    %put #                    If the package name is *SPFinit* or *SASPackagesFramework*              #;
+    %put #                    then the framework itself is downloaded.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `sourcePath=`   Location of the package, e.g. "www.some.web.page/"                       #;
+    %put #                   Mind the "/" at the end of the path!                                     #;
+    %put #                   Current default location for packages is:                                #;
+    %put #                   `https://github.com/SASPAC/`                                             #;
+    %put #                   Current default location for the framework is:                           #;
+    %put #                   `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/`        #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `mirror=`       Indicates which web location for packages installation is used.          #;
+    %put #                   Value `0` or `SASPAC` indicates:                                         #;
+    %put #                    `https://github.com/SASPAC/`                                            #;
+    %put #                   Value `1` indicates:                                                     #;
+    %put #                    `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main`            #;
+    %put #                   Value `2` indicates:                                                     #;
+    %put #                    `https://pages.mini.pw.edu.pl/~jablonskib/SASpublic/SAS_PACKAGES`       #;
+    %put #                   Value `3` or `PharmaForest` indicates:                                   #;
+    %put #                    `https://github.com/PharmaForest/`                                      #;
+    %put #                   Default value is `0`.                                                    #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `version=`      Indicates which historical version of a package to install.              #;
+    %put #                   Historical version are currently available only if `mirror=0` is set.    #;
+    %put #                   Default value is null which means "install the latest".                  #;
+    %put #                   When there are multiple packages to install the `version` variable       #;
+    %put #                   is scan sequentially.                                                    #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `replace=`      With default value of `1`, it causes existing package file 0             #;
+    %put #                   to be replaced by new downloaded file.                                   #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `URLuser=`      A user name for the password protected URLs, no quotes needed.           #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `URLpass=`      A password for the password protected URLs, no quotes needed.            #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `URLoptions=`   Options for the `sourcePath` URLs filename. Consult the SAS              #;
+    %put #                   documentation for the further details.                                   #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `loadAddCnt=`   *Optional.* A package zip may contain additional                         #;
+    %put #                   content. The option indicates if it should be loaded                     #;
+    %put #                   Default value of zero (`0`) means "No", one (`1`)                        #;
+    %put #                   means "Yes". Content is extracted into the **packages** fileref          #;
+    %put #                   directory in `<packageName>_AdditionalContent` folder.                   #;
+    %put #                   For other locations use `%nrstr(%%loadPackageAddCnt())` macro.                    #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `instDoc=`      *Optional.* A package may be provided with a markdown file               #;
+    %put #                   containing combined documentation of the package. The option             #;
+    %put #                   indicates if the `.md` file should be also downloaded.                   #;
+    %put #                   Default value of zero (`0`) means "No", one (`1`) means "Yes".           #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # - `SFRCVN=`       *Optional.* Provides a NAME for a macro variable to store value of the   #;
+    %put #                   *success-failure return code* of the installation process. Return value  #;
+    %put #                   has the following form: `<number of successes>.<number of failures>`     #;
+    %put #                   The macro variable is created as a *global* macro variable.              #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #  - `github=`      *Optional.* A name of a user or an organization in GitHub.               #;
+    %put #                   Allows an easy set of the search path for packages available on GitHub:  #;
+    %put #                    `https://github.com/<github>/<packagename>/raw/.../`                    #;
+    %put #                   All characters except `[A-z0-9_.-]` are compressed.                      #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`                #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                             #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`                        #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #### Example #################################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                                       #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                                        #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                                   #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                                       #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                             #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                              #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;                     );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                              );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;                        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%helpPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* get help about the package;                                   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* load the package content into the SAS session;                );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%unloadPackage(SQLinDS)   %%* unload the package content from the SAS session;              );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #### Example #################################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                                       #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                                        #;
+    %put #   multiple packages with versions from the Internet.                                       #; 
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                                       #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                             #;
+    %put #                                                                                            #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                              #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES";                                                         );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);                                                             );
+    %put ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(baseplus(1.17) macroarray(1.0) dfa(0.5) GSM)                                );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackageS(GSM, baseplus(1.17), macroarray(1.0), dfa(0.5))                               );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put ##############################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofinstallPackage;
+  %end;
+
+  /* local variables for options */ 
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+
+  %let ls_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp      = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let stimer_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(stimer));
+  %let fullstimer_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(fullstimer));
+  %let msglevel_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+
+  /*
+  Reference:
+  https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2011/06/17/how-to-use-sas-data-step-to-copy-a-file-from-anywhere/
+  */
+
+  /* in case the 'packages' fileref is multi-directory the first directory will be selected as a destination */
+  data _null_;
+    if "(" =: pathname("packages") then
+    /*      get the firstPackagesPath                                                           */
+      call symputX("firstPackagesPath", dequote(kscanx(pathname("packages"), 1, "()", "QS")), "L");
+    else
+      call symputX("firstPackagesPath", pathname("packages"), "L");
+  run;
+
+  %let loadAddCnt = %sysevalf(NOT(0=%superq(loadAddCnt)));
+  %let instDoc    = %sysevalf(NOT(0=%superq(instDoc)));
+  
+  %let replace    = %sysevalf(1=%superq(replace));
+
+  %if %superq(sourcePath)= %then
+    %do;
+      %local SPFinitMirror SPFinitMirrorMD;
+      /* the defaults are: */
+      %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+      %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+      %let sourcePath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/packages/;
+
+      %if %qupcase(%superq(mirror))=SASPAC       %then %let mirror = 0;
+      %if %qupcase(%superq(mirror))=PHARMAFOREST %then %let mirror = 3;
+      %if %superq(github) NE                     %then %let mirror = 4;
+      
+      %if NOT (%superq(mirror) IN (0 1 2 3 4)) %then 
+        %do;
+          %put WARNING: Unknown mirror: %superq(mirror)!;
+          %put WARNING- Default will be used.;
+          %let mirror = 0;
+        %end;
+
+      %if 0 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %do;
+          %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+          %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          %let sourcePath = https://github.com/SASPAC/; /*users content*/
+          %goto mirrorEnd;
+        %end;
+
+      %if 1 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %do;
+          %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+          %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          %let sourcePath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/packages/;
+          %goto mirrorEnd;
+        %end;
+      
+      %if 2 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %do;
+          %let SPFinitMirror   = https://pages.mini.pw.edu.pl/~jablonskib/SASpublic/SAS_PACKAGES/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+          %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://pages.mini.pw.edu.pl/~jablonskib/SASpublic/SAS_PACKAGES/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          %let sourcePath = https://pages.mini.pw.edu.pl/~jablonskib/SASpublic/SAS_PACKAGES/packages/;
+          %goto mirrorEnd;
+        %end;
+
+      %if 3 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %do;
+          %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+          %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          /* ingnore version support for pharmaForest for now */
+          %let sourcePath = https://github.com/PharmaForest/; /*users content*/
+          %goto mirrorEnd;
+        %end;
+
+      %if 4 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %do;
+          %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+          %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          /* ingnore version support for pharmaForest for now */
+          %let github = %sysfunc(compress(%superq(github),%str(,.-),KAD));
+          %put INFO: GitHub location used is: %superq(github).;
+          %let sourcePath = https://github.com/&github./; /*users content*/
+          %goto mirrorEnd;
+        %end;
+
+      %mirrorEnd:
+      %put INFO: Source path is &sourcePath.;
+    %end;
+  %else
+    %do;
+      %let sourcePath = %sysfunc(dequote(%superq(sourcePath)))/;
+      %let mirror=-1;
+      %let SPFinitMirror   = &sourcePath.SPFinit.sas;
+      %let SPFinitMirrorMD = &sourcePath.SPFinit.md;
+    %end;
+
+  %local i str;
+  /* standardise list of packages */
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(compress(%superq(packagesNames),[{(. _)}],kad));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(translate(%superq(str),[[]],{()}));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),],%str(] )));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(compbl(%superq(str)));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str([ ),[));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str( [),[));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str( ]),]));
+  %let str = %unquote(&str.);
+  %let packagesNames = %qsysfunc(translate(%superq(str),(),[]));
+  
+  %if %length("%sysfunc(compress(%superq(str),[,k))") NE %length("%sysfunc(compress(%superq(str),],k))") %then
+    %do;
+      %put ERROR: Syntax error in the provided list of packages!;
+      %put ERROR- %superq(packagesNames);
+      %goto packagesListError;
+    %end;
+    
+  %put ;
+  %put INFO: Calling: &packagesNames.;
+  
+  %Local PackagesInstalledSussess PackagesInstalledFail;
+  %Let PackagesInstalledSussess=;
+  %let PackagesInstalledFail=;
+
+  %do i = 1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&packagesNames., , S));
+  /*-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-*/
+    %local packageName packageSubDir vers versA versB;
+    %put ;
+    /*%put ### %scan(&packagesNames., &i., , S) ###;*/
+    %let packageName = %scan(%scan(&packagesNames., &i., , S),1,{[()]});
+    %let versA       = %scan(%scan(&packagesNames., &i., , S),2,{[()]});
+    %let versB       =       %scan(&version.,       &i., , S);
+    %let vers=;
+    %if %superq(versB) ne %then %let vers = &versB.;
+    %if %superq(versA) ne %then %let vers = &versA.;
+    %if %eval(-1 = &mirror) OR %eval(3 = &mirror) %then /* ignore version when direct path or PharmaForest is provided */
+      %do;
+        %let vers=;
+      %end;
+    %put ### &packageName.(&vers.) ###;
+    
+    %put *** %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)) start *****************************************;
+    %local in out inMD outMD _IOFileref_;
+    data _null_; call symputX("_IOFileref_", put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+    %let  in = i&_IOFileref_.;
+    %let out = o&_IOFileref_.;
+    %let  inMD = j&_IOFileref_.;
+    %let outMD = u&_IOFileref_.;
+
+    /* %let  in = i%sysfunc(md5(&packageName.),hex7.); */
+    /* %let out = o%sysfunc(md5(&packageName.),hex7.); */
+
+    /*options MSGLEVEL=i;*/
+    %if %upcase(&packageName.) in (SPFINIT SASPACKAGEFRAMEWORK SASPACKAGESFRAMEWORK) %then
+      %do;
+        /* allows to install/download the framework file like any other package */
+        %if %superq(mirror) in (0 1) AND (%superq(vers) ne) %then
+          %do;
+            %let SPFinitMirror   = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/&vers./SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+            %let SPFinitMirrorMD = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/&vers./SPF/SPFinit.md;
+          %end;
+        %if %superq(mirror) > 1 %then
+          %put %str( )Mirror %superq(mirror) does not support versioning.;
+ 
+        /* source code file */
+        filename &in. URL 
+          "&SPFinitMirror." 
+          recfm=N lrecl=1;
+        filename &out.    
+          "&firstPackagesPath./SPFinit.sas" 
+          recfm=N lrecl=1;
+         
+        /* documentation MD file */ 
+        filename &inMD. URL 
+          "&SPFinitMirrorMD." 
+          recfm=N lrecl=1;
+        filename &outMD.    
+          "&firstPackagesPath./SPFinit.md" 
+          recfm=N lrecl=1;
+      %end;
+    %else
+      %do;
+        %if %superq(mirror) IN (0 3 4) %then /* SASPAC or PharmaForest or an arbitrary GitHub repo */
+          %do;
+            %let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/raw/main/;
+            
+            %if %superq(vers) ne %then
+              %do;
+                /*%let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/main/hist/&version./;*/
+                %let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/raw/&vers./;
+              %end;
+          %end;
+        %else
+          %do;
+            %if %superq(mirror) NE 0 %then
+              %put %str( )Mirror %superq(mirror) does not support versioning.;
+          %end;
+
+        /* zip */
+        filename &in. URL "&sourcePath.&packageSubDir.%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).zip" 
+        %if (%superq(URLuser) ne ) %then
+          %do;
+            user = "&URLuser."
+            pass = "&URLuser."
+          %end;
+        &URLoptions.
+        recfm=N lrecl=1;
+        filename &out. "&firstPackagesPath./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).zip" recfm=N lrecl=1;
+        /* markdown */
+        filename &inMD. URL "&sourcePath.&packageSubDir.%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).md" 
+        %if (%superq(URLuser) ne ) %then
+          %do;
+            user = "&URLuser."
+            pass = "&URLuser."
+          %end;
+        &URLoptions.
+        recfm=N lrecl=1;
+        filename &outMD. "&firstPackagesPath./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).md" recfm=N lrecl=1;
+      %end;
+    /*
+    filename in  list;
+    filename out list;
+    */ 
+    /* copy the file byte-by-byte  */
+    %local installationRC;
+    %let installationRC=1;
+    data _null_;
+      length filein fileinMD 8 
+        out_path in_path out_pathMD in_pathMD rcTXT $ 4096
+        out_ref in_ref out_refMD in_refMD $ 8
+      ;
+      out_path = pathname ("&out");
+       in_path = pathname ("&in" );
+      out_pathMD = pathname ("&outMD");
+       in_pathMD = pathname ("&inMD" );
+      out_ref = symget ("out");
+       in_ref = symget ("in" );
+      out_refMD = symget ("outMD");
+       in_refMD = symget ("inMD" );
+      rcTXT=' ';
+
+      filein = fopen(in_ref, 'S', 1, 'B');
+      if filein = 0 then
+        put "ERROR: Source file:" / 
+            "ERROR- " in_path /
+            "ERROR- is unavailable!";    
+      if filein > 0; 
+
+      put @2 "Source information:";  
+      infonum = FOPTNUM(filein);
+      length infoname $ 32 infoval $ 128;
+      do i=1 to coalesce(infonum, -1);
+        infoname = FOPTNAME(filein, i);
+        infoval  = FINFO(filein, infoname);
+        put @4 infoname ":" 
+          / @6 infoval
+          ;
+      end;
+      rc = FCLOSE(filein);
+      put;
+
+      if FEXIST(out_ref) = 0 then 
+        do;
+          put @2 "Installing the &packageName. package" 
+            / @2 "in the &firstPackagesPath. directory.";
+          rc = FCOPY(in_ref, out_ref);
+          rcTXT=sysmsg();
+        end;
+      else if FEXIST(out_ref) = 1 then 
+        do;
+          if symgetn("replace")=1 then
+            do;
+              put @2 "The following file will be replaced during "
+                / @2 "installation of the &packageName. package: " 
+                / @5 out_path;
+              rc = FDELETE(out_ref);
+              rc = FCOPY(in_ref, out_ref);
+              rcTXT=sysmsg();
+            end;
+          else
+            do;
+              put @2 "The following file will NOT be replaced: " 
+                / @5 out_path;
+              rc = 1;
+            end;
+        end;
+      put @2 "Done with return code " rc= "(zero = success)" / rcTXT;
+      call symputX("installationRC", rc, "L");
+
+      /* try to install documentation file */
+      if 1=symgetn("instDoc") then
+        do;
+          fileinMD = fopen(in_refMD, 'S', 1, 'B');
+          rcMD = FCLOSE(fileinMD);
+
+          if fileinMD then 
+            do;
+              if 0=FEXIST(out_refMD) then 
+                do;
+                  rcMD = FCOPY(in_refMD, out_refMD);
+                  if rcMD=0 then
+                    put @2 "Package documentation installed on request." ; /* / out_pathMD / in_pathMD; */
+                end;
+              else if 1=FEXIST(out_refMD) and 1=symgetn("replace") then
+                do;
+                  rcMD = FDELETE(out_refMD);
+                  if rcMD=0 then
+                    rcMD2 = FCOPY(in_refMD, out_refMD);
+                  if rcMD=0 AND rcMD2=0 then
+                    put @2 "Package documentation installed on demand." ; /* / out_pathMD / in_pathMD; */
+                end;
+            end;
+          else 
+            put @2 "Package documentation in markdown format not available." ; /* / out_pathMD / in_pathMD;*/
+        end;
+    run;
+     
+    filename &in.  clear;
+    filename &out. clear;
+    filename &inMD.  clear;
+    filename &outMD. clear;
+
+    %if 0 = &installationRC. %then
+      %do;
+        %if %superq(vers)= %then
+          %Let PackagesInstalledSussess=&PackagesInstalledSussess. &packageName.;
+        %else
+          %Let PackagesInstalledSussess=&PackagesInstalledSussess. &packageName.(&vers.);
+      %end;
+    %else
+      %do;
+        %if %superq(vers)= %then
+          %Let PackagesInstalledFail=&PackagesInstalledFail. &packageName.;
+        %else
+          %let PackagesInstalledFail=&PackagesInstalledFail. &packageName.(&vers.);
+      %end;
+
+    %if 1 = &loadAddCnt. 
+        AND 0 = &installationRC. 
+        AND NOT (%upcase(&packageName.) in (SPFINIT SASPACKAGEFRAMEWORK SASPACKAGESFRAMEWORK)) 
+    %then
+      %do;
+        %put; %put - Additional content loading - Start -;
+        %loadPackageAddCnt(&packageName.
+                           ,path=&firstPackagesPath.
+                           ,target=&firstPackagesPath.
+                           )
+        %put - Additional content loading - End -;
+      %end;
+    %put *** %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)) end *******************************************;
+  /*-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-*/
+  %end;
+  
+
+  %local sucsCount sucsCountWords;
+  %let sucsCount=0;
+  %if NOT(%superq(PackagesInstalledSussess)=) %then
+    %do;
+      %put %str( );
+      %let sucsCount=%sysfunc(countw(%superq(PackagesInstalledSussess),%str( )));
+      %if 1=&sucsCount. %then
+        %put INFO: Package %superq(PackagesInstalledSussess) installed.;
+      %else %if 1<&sucsCount. %then
+        %do;
+          %let sucsCountWords=%sysfunc(abs(&sucsCount.),words.);
+          %put INFO: Successfully installed &sucsCountWords. packages:;
+          %put %str(      )&PackagesInstalledSussess.;
+        %end;
+    %end;
+
+  %local failCount failCountWords;
+  %let failCount=0;
+  %if NOT(%superq(PackagesInstalledFail)=) %then
+    %do;
+      %put %str( );
+      %let failCount=%sysfunc(countw(%superq(PackagesInstalledFail),%str( )));
+      %if 1=&failCount. %then
+        %put WARNING: Failed to install %superq(PackagesInstalledFail) package.;
+      %else %if 1<&failCount. %then
+        %do;
+          %let failCountWords=%sysfunc(abs(&failCount.),words.);
+          %put WARNING: Failed to install &failCountWords. packages:;
+          %put WARNING- &PackagesInstalledFail.;
+        %end;
+    %end;
+  %put %str( );
+
+  %if NOT(%superq(SFRCVN)=) %then
+    %do;
+      data _null_;
+        length SFRCVN $ 32;
+        SFRCVN = compress(symget('SFRCVN'),"_","KAD");
+        value = "&sucsCount..&failCount.";
+        put 'INFO: Success-Failure-Return-Code macroVariable Name is: ' SFRCVN
+          / '      with value: ' value 
+          / ;
+        call symputX(SFRCVN, value, "G");
+      run;
+    %end;
+
+  %packagesListError:
+  
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
+          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+%ENDofinstallPackage:
+%mend installPackage;
+
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+/* 
+  Filenames references "packages" and "package" are reserved keywords.
+  The first one should be used to point local folder with packages.
+  The second is used internally by macros.
+  Do not use them otherwise than:
+    filename packages "</the/folder/with/sas/packages>";
+  since it may affect stability of the framework.
+**/
+
+/* Example 1: Enabling the SAS Package Framework 
+    and loading the SQLinDS package from the local directory.
+
+    Assume that the SPFinit.sas file and the SQLinDS 
+    package (sqlinds.zip file) are located in 
+    the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.
+
+    Run the following code in your SAS session:
+
+  filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %* setup a directory for packages; 
+  %include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %* enable the framework;
+
+  %helpPackage(SQLinDS)                %* get help about the package;
+  %loadPackage(SQLinDS)                %* load the package content into the SAS session;
+  %unloadPackage(SQLinDS)              %* unload the package content from the SAS session;
+*/
+
+/* Example 2: Enabling the SAS Package Framework 
+    from the local directory and installing & loading
+    the SQLinDS package from the Internet.
+
+    Assume that the SPFinit.sas file
+    is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.
+
+    Run the following code in your SAS session:
+
+  filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %* setup a directory for packages; 
+  %include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %* enable the framework;
+
+  %installPackage(SQLinDS)             %* install the package from the Internet;
+  %helpPackage(SQLinDS)                %* get help about the package;
+  %loadPackage(SQLinDS)                %* load the package content into the SAS session;
+  %unloadPackage(SQLinDS)              %* unload the package content from the SAS session;
+*/
+
+/* Example 3: Enabling the SAS Package Framework 
+    and installing & loading the SQLinDS package 
+    from the Internet.
+
+    Run the following code in your SAS session:
+
+  filename packages "%sysfunc(pathname(work))"; %* setup WORK as a temporary directory for packages;
+   
+  filename spfinit url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPFinit.sas";
+  %include spfinit;                    %* enable the framework;
+
+  %installPackage(SQLinDS)             %* install the package from the Internet;
+  %helpPackage(SQLinDS)                %* get help about the package;
+  %loadPackage(SQLinDS)                %* load the package content into the SAS session;
+  %unloadPackage(SQLinDS)              %* unload the package content from the SAS session;
+*/
+
+/* Example 4: 
+    Assume that the SPFinit.sas file and the SQLinDS package (sqlinds.zip file)
+    are located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.
+
+    In case when user SAS session does not support ZIP fileref
+    the following solution could be used.
+
+    Unzip the packagename.zip content into the packagename.disk folder
+    and run macros with the following options:                     ;
+
+  %loadPackage(packageName,zip=disk,options=)
+  %helpPackage(packageName,,zip=disk,options=) %* mind the double comma!! ;
+  %unloadPackage(packageName,zip=disk,options=) 
+
+*/
+
+/* Example 5: Enabling the SAS Package Framework from the local directory
+    and installing the SQLinDS package from the Internet.
+
+    Assume that the SPFinit.sas file is located in 
+    the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.
+
+  filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %* setup a directory for packages; 
+  %include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %* enable the framework;
+
+  %installPackage(SQLinDS);            %* install package;
+  %installPackage(SQLinDS);            %* overwrite already installed package;
+  %installPackage(SQLinDS,replace=0);  %* prevent overwrite installed package;
+
+
+  %installPackage(NotExistingPackage); %* handling with not existing package;
+
+*/
+
+/*** HELP END ***/
+
+

SPF/Macros/listpackages.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*+listPackages+*/
+/*** HELP START ***//* 
+
+  Macro to list SAS packages in packages folder. 
+
+  Version 20251126 
+
+  A SAS package is a zip file containing a group 
+  of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating 
+  data, etc.) wrapped up together and %INCLUDEed by
+  a single load.sas file (also embedded inside the zip).
+  
+
+ * Example 1: Set local packages directory, enable the framework,
+              and list packages in the local repository.
+
+  filename packages "C:\SAS_PACKAGES";
+  %include packages(SPFinit.sas);
+  %listPackages()
+
+*//*** HELP END ***/
+
+
+%macro listPackages()
+/secure PARMBUFF
+des = 'Macro to list SAS packages from `packages` fileref, type %listPackages(HELP) for help, version 20251126.'
+;
+%if %QUPCASE(&SYSPBUFF.) = %str(%(HELP%)) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put ###########################################################################################;
+    %put ###       This is short help information for the `listPackages` macro                     #;
+    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # Macro to list available SAS packages, version `20251126`                                #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                          #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                  #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and embedded inside the zip.                            #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%listPackages())` macro lists packages available                                    #;
+    %put # in the packages folder. List is printed in the SAS Log.                                 #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                          #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # NO PARAMETERS                                                                           #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # When used as: `%nrstr(%%listPackages(HELP))` it displays this help information.                  #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`             #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                          #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`                     #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #### Example ##############################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                                    #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and listing                                                  #;
+    %put #   available packages.                                                                   #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                                    #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                          #;
+    %put #                                                                                         #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                           #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;                  );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                           );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%listPackages()                      %%* list available packages;                        );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put ###########################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDoflistPackages;
+  %end;
+
+%local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp filesWithCodes;
+
+%let filesWithCodes = WORK._%sysfunc(datetime(), hex16.)_;
+
+%let ls_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+%let ps_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+%let notes_tmp  = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+%let source_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+
+options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX;
+
+data _null_;
+  length baseAll $ 32767;
+  baseAll = pathname("packages");
+
+  if baseAll = " " then
+    do;
+      put "NOTE: The file reference PACKAGES is not assigned.";
+      stop;
+    end;
+
+  if char(baseAll,1) ^= "(" then baseAll = quote(strip(baseAll)); /* for paths with spaces */
+  
+  do k = 1 to kcountw(baseAll, "()", "QS"); drop k;
+    base = dequote(kscanx(baseAll, k, "()", "QS"));
+
+    length folder $ 64 file $ 1024 folderRef fileRef $ 8;
+
+    folderRef = "_%sysfunc(datetime(), hex6.)0";
+
+    rc=filename(folderRef, base);
+    folderid=dopen(folderRef);
+
+    putlog " ";
+    put "/*" 100*"+" ;
+    do i=1 to dnum(folderId); drop i;
+
+      if i = 1 then
+        do;
+              put " #";
+              put " # Listing packages for: " base;
+              put " #";
+        end;
+
+      folder = dread(folderId, i);
+
+      fileRef = "_%sysfunc(datetime(), hex6.)1";
+      rc = filename(fileRef, catx("/", base, folder));
+      fileId = dopen(fileRef);
+
+      EOF = 0;
+      if fileId = 0 and lowcase(kscanx(folder, -1, ".")) = 'zip' then 
+        do;
+          file = catx('/',base, folder);
+          
+          rc1 = filename("package", strip(file), 'zip', 'member="description.sas"');
+          rcE = fexist("package"); 
+          rc2 = filename("package", " ");
+
+          if rcE then /* if the description.sas exists in the zip then read it */
+            do;
+              putlog " *  ";
+              length nn $ 96;
+              if (96-lengthn(file)) < 1 then
+                put " * " file;  
+              else
+                do;
+                  nn = repeat("*", (96-lengthn(file)));   
+                  put " * " file nn;
+                end;
+              
+              infile _DUMMY_ ZIP FILEVAR=file member="description.sas" end=EOF;
+              
+              do until(EOF);
+                input;
+                if strip(upcase(kscanx(_INFILE_,1,":"))) in ("PACKAGE" "TITLE" "VERSION" "AUTHOR" "MAINTAINER" "LICENSE") then
+                  do;
+                    _INFILE_ = kscanx(_INFILE_,1,":") !! ":" !! kscanx(_INFILE_,2,":");
+                    putlog " *  " _INFILE_;
+                  end;                
+                if strip(upcase(strip(_INFILE_))) =: "DESCRIPTION START:" then leave;
+              end;
+            end;
+        end;
+      
+      rc = dclose(fileId);
+      rc = filename(fileRef);
+    end;
+
+    putlog " *  ";
+    put 100*"+" "*/";
+    rc = dclose(folderid);
+    rc = filename(folderRef);
+  end;
+
+  stop;
+run;
+
+options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
+
+%ENDoflistPackages:
+%mend listPackages;
+
+

SPF/Macros/loadpackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+/*+loadPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro loadPackage(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackage, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, options = %str(LOWCASE_MEMNAME)     /* possible options for ZIP filename */
+, source2 = /*source2*/               /* option to print out details, 
+                                         null by default */
+, requiredVersion = .                 /* option to test if loaded package 
+                                         is provided in required version */
+, lazyData =                          /* a list of names of lazy datasets 
+                                         to be loaded, if not null then
+                                         datasets from the list are loaded
+                                         instead of a package, asterisk 
+                                         means "load all datasets" */
+, zip = zip                           /* standard package is zip (lowcase), 
+                                         e.g. %loadPackage(PiPackage)
+                                         if the zip is not available use a folder
+                                         unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder
+                                         and use loadPackage in the form: 
+                                         %loadPackage(PiPackage, zip=disk, options=) */
+, cherryPick=*                        /* space separated list of selected elements of the package
+                                         to be loaded into the session, default value "*" means
+                                         "load all elements of the package" */
+, loadAddCnt=0                        /* should the additional content be loaded?
+                                         default is 0 - means No, 1 means Yes */
+, suppressExec=0                      /* indicates if loading of exec files 
+                                         should be suppressed, 1=suppress */
+, DS2force=0                          /* indicates if PROC DS2 packages and threads
+                                         should be loaded if a data set exists, 0=do not load
+                                       */
+)/secure
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to load SAS package, version 20251126. Run %loadPackage() for help info.'
+minoperator
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackage` macro             #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to *load* SAS packages, version `20251126`                              #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and included by                               #;
+    %put # a single `load.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%loadPackage())` macro loads package content, i.e. macros,                #;
+    %put # functions, formats, etc., from the zip into the SAS session.                  #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      *Required.* Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,          #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%loadPackage(myPackage)).`                             #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             *Optional.* Location of a package. By default it        #;
+    %put #                       looks for location of the **packages** fileref, i.e.    #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `options=`          *Optional.* Possible options for ZIP filename,          #;
+    %put #                       default value: `LOWCASE_MEMNAME`                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `source2=`          *Optional.* Option to print out details about           #;
+    %put #                       what is loaded, null by default.                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `requiredVersion=`  *Optional.* Option to test if the loaded                #;
+    %put #                       package is provided in required version,                #;
+    %put #                       default value: `.`                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `lazyData=`         *Optional.* A space separated list of names of lazy     #;
+    %put #                       datasets to be loaded. If not null datasets from the    #;
+    %put #                       list are loaded instead of the package.                 #;
+    %put #                       An asterisk (*) means *load all lazy datasets*.         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `zip=`              *Optional.* Standard package is zip (lowcase),          #;
+    %put #                        e.g. `%nrstr(%%loadPackage(PiPackage))`.                        #;
+    %put #                       If the zip is not available use a folder.               #;
+    %put #                       Unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder                  #;
+    %put #                       and use loadPackage in the following form:              #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%loadPackage(PiPackage, zip=disk, options=))`          #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `cherryPick=`       *Optional.* A space separated list of selected elements #;
+    %put #                       of the package to be loaded into the SAS session.       #;
+    %put #                       Default value of an asterisk (*) means:                 #;
+    %put #                       "load all elements of the package".                     #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `loadAddCnt=`       *Optional.* A package zip may contain additional        #;
+    %put #                       content. The option indicates if it should be loaded    #;
+    %put #                       Default value of zero (`0`) means "No", one (`1`)       #;
+    %put #                       means "Yes". Content is extracted into the **Work**     #;
+    %put #                       directory in `<packageName>_AdditionalContent` folder.  #;
+    %put #                       For other locations use `%nrstr(%%loadPackageAddCnt())` macro.   #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `suppressExec=`     *Optional.* Indicates if loading of `exec` type files   #;
+    %put #                       should be suppressed, default value is `0`,             #;
+    %put #                       when set to `1` `exec` files are *not* loaded           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `DS2force=`         *Optional.* Indicates if loading of `PROC DS2` packages #;
+    %put #                       or threads should overwrite existing SAS data sets.     #;
+    %put #                       Default value of `0` means "do not overwrite".          #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put ### Example 1 ###################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%helpPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* get help about the package;                      );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* load the package content into the SAS session;   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%unloadPackage(SQLinDS)   %%* unload the package content from the SAS session; );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put ### Example 2 ###################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & cherry picking                    #;
+    %put #   elements of the BasePlus package.                                           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(BasePlus) %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackage(BasePlus, cherryPick=getVars) %%* cherry pick the content;        );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofloadPackage;
+  %end;
+  /* local variables for options */
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+  %let ls_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp      = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let stimer_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(stimer));
+  %let fullstimer_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(fullstimer));
+  %let msglevel_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+  
+  /* convert cherryPick to lower case if needed */
+  %if NOT (%str(*) = %superq(cherryPick)) %then
+    %do;
+      data _null_;
+        call symputX("cherryPick",lowcase(compbl(compress(symget("cherryPick"),". _","KDA"))),"L");
+      run;
+    %end;
+  /* empty list is equivalent to "*" */ 
+  %if %superq(cherryPick)= %then 
+    %do;
+      %let cherryPick=*;
+    %end;
+
+  %if %superq(loadAddCnt) NE 1 %then
+    %do;
+      %let loadAddCnt = 0;
+    %end;
+
+  %if %superq(suppressExec) NE 1 %then
+    %do;
+      %let suppressExec = 0;
+    %end;
+
+  %if %superq(DS2force) NE 1 %then
+    %do;
+      %let DS2force = 0;
+    %end;
+
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(packagemetadata.sas) / &source2.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+
+      /* test if required version of package is "good enough" */
+      %local rV pV rV0 pV0 rVsign;
+      %let pV0 = %sysfunc(compress(&packageVersion.,.,kd));
+      %let pV = %sysevalf((%scan(&pV0.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
+                        + (%scan(&pV0.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
+                        + (%scan(&pV0.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+
+      %let rV0 = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,.,kd));
+      %let rVsign = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,<=>,k));
+      %if %superq(rVsign)= %then %let rVsign=<=;
+      %else %if NOT (%superq(rVsign) IN (%str(=) %str(<=) %str(=<) %str(=>) %str(>=) %str(<) %str(>))) %then 
+        %do;
+          %put WARNING: Illegal operatopr "%superq(rVsign)"! Default(<=) will be used.;
+          %put WARNING- Supported operators are: %str(= <= =< => >= < >);
+          %let rVsign=<=;
+        %end;
+      %let rV = %sysevalf((%scan(&rV0.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
+                        + (%scan(&rV0.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
+                        + (%scan(&rV0.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+      
+      %if NOT %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.) %then
+        %do;
+          %put ERROR: Package &packageName. will not be loaded!;
+          %put ERROR- Required version is &rV0.;
+          %put ERROR- Provided version is &pV0.;
+          %put ERROR- Condition %bquote((&rV0. &rVsign. &pV0.)) evaluates to %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.);
+          %put ERROR- Verify installed version of the package.;
+          %put ERROR- ;
+          %GOTO WrongVersionOFPackage; /*%RETURN;*/
+        %end;
+
+      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        ENCODING =
+          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
+                                            %else utf8 ;
+      ;
+      %if %superq(lazyData) = %then
+        %do;
+          %local tempLoad_minoperator temp_noNotes_etc /* for hiding notes */ ;
+          %let tempLoad_minoperator = %sysfunc(getoption(minoperator));
+          options minoperator; /* MinOperator option is required for cherryPicking to work */
+          %include &_PackageFileref_.(load.sas) / &source2.;
+          options &tempLoad_minoperator.;
+          %if 1 = &loadAddCnt. %then
+            %do;
+              %put; %put - Additional content loading - Start -;
+              %loadPackageAddCnt(&packageName., 
+                                 path=&path.)
+              %put - Additional content loading - End -;
+            %end;
+        %end;
+      %else
+        %do;
+          %include &_PackageFileref_.(lazydata.sas) / &source2.;
+        %end;
+
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..&zip." does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+  
+  %WrongVersionOFPackage:
+
+  /* restore optionos */
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
+          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+
+%ENDofloadPackage:
+%mend loadPackage;
+

SPF/Macros/loadpackageaddcnt.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+/*+loadPackageAddCnt+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro loadPackageAddCnt(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackage, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, target = %sysfunc(pathname(WORK))   /* a path in which the directory with
+                                         additional content will be generated,
+                                         name of directory created is set to 
+                                         `&packageName._AdditionalContent` 
+                                         default location is SAS work */
+, source2 = /*source2*/               /* option to print out details, 
+                                         null by default */
+, requiredVersion = .                 /* option to test if loaded package 
+                                         is provided in required version */
+)/secure 
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to load additional content for a SAS package, version 20251126. Run %loadPackageAddCnt() for help info.'
+minoperator
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackageAddCnt` macro       #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to *load* additional content for a SAS package, version `20251126`      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and included by                               #;
+    %put # a single `load.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%loadPackageAddCnt())` macro loads additional content                     #;
+    %put # for a package (of course only if one is provided).                            #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      *Required.* Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,          #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%loadPackageAddCnt(myPackage))`.                       #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             *Optional.* Location of a package. By default it        #;
+    %put #                       looks for location of the **packages** fileref, i.e.    #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `target=`           *Optional.* Location where the directory with           #;
+    %put #                       additional content will be generated,                   #;
+    %put #                       name of the directory created is set to                 #;
+    %put #                       `<packagename>_AdditionalContent`, the default          #;
+    %put #                       location is `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(WORK)))`                  #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `source2=`          *Optional.* Option to print out details about           #;
+    %put #                       what is loaded, null by default.                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `requiredVersion=`  *Optional.* Option to test if the loaded                #;
+    %put #                       package is provided in required version,                #;
+    %put #                       default value: `.`                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put ### Example 1 ###################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading additional content        #;
+    %put #   for the SQLinDS package.                                                    #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackageAddCnt(SQLinDS) %%* load additional content for the package;       );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofloadPackageAddCnt;
+  %end;
+  /* local variables for options */
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp zip;
+  %let ls_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp      = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let stimer_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(stimer));
+  %let fullstimer_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(fullstimer));
+  %let msglevel_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  %let zip = zip;
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "A" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+    call symputX("_TargetFileref_",  "T" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+  
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+      /* check existence of addcnt.zip inside package */
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
+        member='addcnt.zip'
+      ;
+      %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+        %do;
+
+          /* get metadata */
+          filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+            "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
+          ;
+          %include &_PackageFileref_.(packagemetadata.sas) / &source2.;
+          filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+
+
+          /* test if required version of package is "good enough" */
+          %local rV pV rV0 pV0 rVsign;
+          %let pV0 = %sysfunc(compress(&packageVersion.,.,kd));
+          %let pV = %sysevalf((%scan(&pV0.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
+                            + (%scan(&pV0.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
+                            + (%scan(&pV0.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+
+          %let rV0 = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,.,kd));
+          %let rVsign = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,<=>,k));
+          %if %superq(rVsign)= %then %let rVsign=<=;
+          %else %if NOT (%superq(rVsign) IN (%str(=) %str(<=) %str(=<) %str(=>) %str(>=) %str(<) %str(>))) %then 
+            %do;
+              %put WARNING: Illegal operatopr "%superq(rVsign)"! Default(<=) will be used.;
+              %put WARNING- Supported operators are: %str(= <= =< => >= < >);
+              %let rVsign=<=;
+            %end;
+          %let rV = %sysevalf((%scan(&rV0.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
+                            + (%scan(&rV0.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
+                            + (%scan(&rV0.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+          
+          %if NOT %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.) %then
+            %do;
+              %put ERROR: Additional content for package &packageName. will not be loaded!;
+              %put ERROR- Required version is &rV0.;
+              %put ERROR- Provided version is &pV0.;
+              %put ERROR- Condition %bquote((&rV0. &rVsign. &pV0.)) evaluates to %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.);
+              %put ERROR- Verify installed version of the package.;
+              %put ERROR- ;
+              %GOTO WrongVersionOFPackageAddCnt; /*%RETURN;*/
+            %end;
+
+          /*options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;*/
+          filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+            "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
+            member='addcnt.zip'
+          ;
+          /*********************/
+          filename &_TargetFileref_. "&target.";
+          %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_TargetFileref_.)) %then
+            %do;
+
+              %if %sysfunc(fileexist(%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent)) %then
+                %do; /* dir for AC already exists */
+                  %put WARNING: Target location:;
+                  %put WARNING- %sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent;
+                  %put WARNING- already exist. Please remove it manually to upload additional contents.;
+                  %put WARNING- Additional Content will not be loaded.;
+                  %put WARNING- ;
+                %end;
+              %else
+                %do;
+                  /*-+-+-+-*/
+                  /* create target location */
+                  %put INFO:;
+                  %put Additional content will be located in:;
+                  %put %sysfunc(dcreate(%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent,%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))));
+
+                  %if NOT (%sysfunc(fileexist(%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent))) %then
+                    %do; /* dir for AC cannot be generated */
+                      %put ERROR: Cannot create target location:;
+                      %put ERROR- %sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent;
+                      %put ERROR- Additional Content will not be loaded.;
+                      %put ERROR- ;
+                    %end;
+                  %else
+                    %do;
+                      /* extract addcnt.zip to work and, if successful, load additional content */
+                      %put NOTE- **%sysfunc(DoSubL(%nrstr(
+                      ;
+                      options nonotes nosource ps=min ls=max;
+                      data _null_;
+                        call symputx("AdditionalContent", 0, "L");
+
+                        rc1=filename("in", pathname("&_PackageFileref_."), "ZIP", "lrecl=1 recfm=n member='addcnt.zip'");
+                        length rc1txt $ 8192;
+                        rc1txt=sysmsg();
+
+                        if fexist("in") then
+                          do;
+                            rc2=filename("out", pathname("WORK")!!"/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))addcnt.zip", "disk", "lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+                            length rc2txt $ 8192;
+                            rc2txt=sysmsg();
+
+                            rc3=fcopy("in","out");
+                            length rc3txt $ 8192;
+                            rc3txt=sysmsg();
+
+                            if rc3 then put _N_ @12 (rc:) (=);
+
+                            if fexist("out") then 
+                              do;
+                                call symputx("AdditionalContent", 1, "L");
+                              end;
+                            else put "INFO: No additional content for package &packageName..";
+
+                            rc1=filename("in");
+                            rc2=filename("out");
+                          end;
+                        else
+                         do;
+                           call symputx("AdditionalContent", 0, "L");
+                           put "INFO: No additional content for package &packageName..";
+                         end;
+                      run;
+
+                      %if &AdditionalContent. %then 
+                        %do;
+                          filename f DUMMY;
+                          filename f ZIP "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))addcnt.zip";
+                          options dlCreateDir;
+                          libname outData "%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent";
+
+                          data WORK.__&_TargetFileref_._zip___;
+                            did = dopen("f");
+                            if not did then 
+                              do;
+                                put "ERROR: Can not access Additional Content data.";
+                                stop;
+                              end;
+                            if did then
+                             do i=1 to dnum(did);
+                              length file $ 8192;
+                              file = dread(did, i);
+                              output;
+                              keep file;
+                             end;
+                            did = dclose(did);
+                          run;
+
+                          data _null_; 
+                          	set WORK.__&_TargetFileref_._zip___ end = EOF;
+                            wc = countw(file,"/\");
+                          
+                            put wc= file=;
+
+                            length libText pathname_f $ 8192;
+                            libText = pathname("outData", "L");
+                         
+                            if scan(file, wc , "/\") = "" then
+                              do j = 1 to wc-1;
+                                libText = catx("/", libText, scan(file, j , "/\"));
+                                rc = libname("test", libText);
+                                rc = libname("test");
+                              end;
+                            else
+                              do;
+                                do j = 1 to wc-1;
+                                  libText = catx("/", libText, scan(file, j , "/\"));
+                                  rc = libname("test", libText);
+                                  rc = libname("test");
+                                end;
+
+                                pathname_f = pathname("f");
+
+                                length rc1msg $ 8192;
+                                rc1 = filename("in", strip(pathname_f), "zip", "member='" !! strip(file) !! "' lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+                                rc1msg = sysmsg();
+
+                                length fileNameOutPath $ 8192;
+                                fileNameOutPath = catx("/", libText, scan(file, j , "/\"));
+                                /* check for Windows */
+                                if lengthn(fileNameOutPath)>260 then 
+                                  if symget('SYSSCP')='WIN' then 
+                                    put "INFO: Pathname plus filename length exceeds 260. Under Windows family OS it may cause problems.";
+
+                                length rc2msg $ 8192;
+                                rc2 = filename("out", fileNameOutPath, "disk", "lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+                                rc2msg = sysmsg();
+                              
+                                length rc3msg $ 8192;
+                                rc3 = fcopy("in", "out");
+                                rc3msg = sysmsg();
+                          
+                                loadingProblem + (rc3 & 1);
+
+                                if rc3 then
+                                  do;
+                                    put "ERROR: Cannot extract: " file;
+                                    put "ERROR-" (rc1 rc2 rc3) (=); 
+                                    put (rc1msg rc2msg rc3msg) (/);
+                                    put "ERROR-"; 
+                                  end;
+                                crc1=filename("in");
+                                crc2=filename("out");
+                              end;
+
+                              if EOF and loadingProblem then
+                                do;
+                                  put "ERROR: Not all files from Additional Content were extracted successfully!";
+                                end;
+                          run;
+
+                          data _null_;
+                            rc = fdelete("f");
+                          run;
+
+                          proc delete data = WORK.__&_TargetFileref_._zip___;
+                          run;
+
+                          libname outData;
+                          filename f DUMMY;
+                        %end;
+                      )))**;
+                    %end; 
+                  /*-+-+-+-*/
+                %end;
+ 
+            %end;
+          %else
+            %do;
+              %put ERROR: Cannot access target location:;
+              %put ERROR- %sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.));
+              %put ERROR- Additional Content will not be loaded.;
+              %put ERROR- ;
+            %end;
+          filename &_TargetFileref_. clear;
+          /*********************/
+        %end;
+      %else %put INFO: No additional content for &packageName. package.;
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..&zip." does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+  
+  %WrongVersionOFPackageAddCnt:
+
+  /* restore optionos */
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
+          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+
+%ENDofloadPackageAddCnt:
+%mend loadPackageAddCnt;
+
+/**/
+

SPF/Macros/loadpackages.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*+loadPackageS+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro loadPackageS(
+  packagesNames /* A comma separated list of packages names, 
+                   e.g. myPackage, myPackage1, myPackage2, myPackage3  
+                   required and not null.  
+                   Package version, in brackets behind a package name, 
+                   can be provided, e.g.
+                    %loadPackageS(myPackage1(1.7), myPackage2(4.2))
+                 */
+)/secure 
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to load multiple SAS packages at one run, version 20251126. Run %loadPackages() for help info.'
+parmbuff
+;
+%if (%superq(packagesNames) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packagesNames.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackageS` macro            #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro wrapper for the loadPackage macro, version `20251126`                   #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and embedded inside the zip.                  #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%loadPackageS())` allows to load multiple packages at one time,           #;
+    %put # *ONLY* from the *ZIP* with *DEFAULT OPTIONS*, into the SAS session.           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packagesNames`  A comma separated list of packages names,                 #;
+    %put #                     e.g. myPackage, myPackage1, myPackage2, myPackage3        #;
+    %put #                     Required and not null, default use case:                  #;
+    %put #                      `%nrstr(%%loadPackageS(myPackage1, myPackage2, myPackage3))`.     #;
+    %put #                     Package version, in brackets behind a package name, can   #;
+    %put #                     be provided, example is the following:                    #;
+    %put #                      `%nrstr(%%loadPackageS(myPackage1(1.7), myPackage2(4.2)))`.       #;
+    %put #                     If empty displays this help information.                  #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Example ####################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS DFA)  %%* install packages from the Internet;          );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackageS(SQLinDS, DFA)    %%* load packages content into the SAS session; );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofloadPackageS;
+  %end;
+  
+  %local lengthOfsyspbuff numberOfPackagesNames i packageElement packageName packageVersion str;
+
+  %let lengthOfsyspbuff      = %qsysfunc(length(&syspbuff.));
+  %let packagesNames         = %qsysfunc(compress(%qsubstr(&syspbuff., 2, %eval(&lengthOfsyspbuff.-2)), {[(. <=>_,)]}, KDA));
+  
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(translate(%superq(packagesNames),[[ ]],{(,)}));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),],%str(] )));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(compbl(%superq(str)));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str([ ),[));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str( [),[));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),%str( ]),]));
+  %let str = %qsysfunc(translate(%superq(str),(),[]));
+  %let packagesNames = %unquote(&str.);
+  
+  %let numberOfPackagesNames = %qsysfunc(countw(&packagesNames., %str( )));
+
+  %put NOTE: List of packages to be loaded contains &numberOfPackagesNames. element(s).;
+  %put NOTE- The list is: &packagesNames..;
+  %put NOTE- ;
+
+  %do i = 1 %to &numberOfPackagesNames.;
+    %let packageElement = %qscan(&packagesNames., &i., %str( ) );
+    %let packageName    = %qscan(&packageElement.,  1, %str(()));
+    %let packageVersion = %qscan(&packageElement.,  2, %str(()));
+    %if %superq(packageVersion) = %then %let packageVersion = .;
+
+    %loadPackage(%unquote(&packageName.), requiredVersion=%unquote(&packageVersion.))
+  %end;
+  
+%ENDofloadPackageS:
+%mend loadPackageS;
+
+

SPF/Macros/previewpackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*+previewPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro previewPackage(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackageFile.zip, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, helpKeyword                         /* phrase to search for preview,
+                                         when empty prints description 
+                                         "*" means prints all */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, options = %str(LOWCASE_MEMNAME)     /* possible options for ZIP filename */
+, source2 = /*source2*/               /* option to print out details, 
+                                         null by default */
+, zip = zip                           /* standard package is zip (lowcase), 
+                                         e.g. %previewPackage(PiPackage,*)
+                                         if the zip is not available use a folder
+                                         unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder
+                                         and use previewPackage in the form: 
+                                         %previewPackage(PiPackage, *, zip=disk, options=) 
+                                       */
+)/secure
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20251126. Run %previewPackage() for help info.'
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###    This is short help information for the `previewPackage` macro            #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to get preview of a SAS packages, version `20251126`                    #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and provided with                             #;
+    %put # a single `preview.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                   #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%previewPackage())` macro prints, in the SAS log, content                 #;
+    %put # of a SAS package. Code of a package is printed out.                           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      *Required.* Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,          #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%previewPackage(myPackage)).`                          #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 2. `helpKeyword`      *Optional.*  A phrase to search in preview,             #;
+    %put #                       - when empty prints description,                        #;
+    %put #                       - "*" means: print all preview.                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             *Optional.* Location of a package. By default it        #;
+    %put #                       looks for location of the **packages** fileref, i.e.    #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `options=`          *Optional.* Possible options for ZIP filename,          #;
+    %put #                       default value: `LOWCASE_MEMNAME`                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `source2=`          *Optional.* Option to print out details about           #;
+    %put #                       what is loaded, null by default.                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `zip=`              Standard package is zip (lowcase),                      #;
+    %put #                        e.g. `%nrstr(%%previewPackage(PiPackage))`.                     #;
+    %put #                       If the zip is not available use a folder.               #;
+    %put #                       Unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder                  #;
+    %put #                       and use previewPackage in the following form:           #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%previewPackage(PiPackage, , zip=disk, options=))`     #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Example ####################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%previewPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* get content of the package;                      );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofpreviewPackage;
+  %end;
+  
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+  %let ls_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp    = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let msglevel_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+  
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(packagemetadata.sas) / &source2.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        ENCODING =
+          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
+                                            %else utf8 ;
+      ;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(preview.sas) / &source2.;
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..&zip." does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+  
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+  
+%ENDofpreviewPackage:
+%mend previewPackage;
+

SPF/Macros/splitcodeforpackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,420 @@
+/*+splitCodeForPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro splitCodeForPackage(
+ codeFile          /* a code file to split */
+,packagePath=      /* location for results */
+,debug=0           /* technical parameter  */
+,nobs=0            /* technical parameter  */
+)
+/*** HELP START ***/
+/ des = 'Utility macro to split "one big" code into multiple files for a SAS package, version 20251126. Run %splitCodeForPackage() for help info.'
+;
+/*%macro _();%mend _;*/
+%if (%superq(codeFile) = ) OR (%qupcase(&codeFile.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###     This is short help information for the `splitCodeForPackage` macro      #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Utility macro to *split* single file with SAS package code into multiple      #;
+    %put # files with separate snippets, version `20251126`                              #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and included by                               #;
+    %put # a single `load.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%splitCodeForPackage())` macro takes a file with SAS code                 #;
+    %put # snippets surrounded by `%str(/)*##$##-code-block-start-##$## <tag spec> *%str(/)` and     #;
+    %put # `%str(/)*##$##-code-block-end-##$## <tag spec> *%str(/)` tags and split that file into    #;
+    %put # multiple files and directories according to a tag specification.              #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `<tag spec>` is a list of pairs of the form: `type(object)` that          #;
+    %put # indicates how the file should be split. See example 1 below for details.      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `codeFile=`        *Required.* Name of a file containing code              #;
+    %put #                        that will be split. Required and not null.             #;
+    %put #                        If empty displays this help information.               #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `packagePath=`      *Required.* Location for package files after            #;
+    %put #                        splitting into separate files and directories.         #;
+    %put #                        If missing or not exist then `WORK` is uded.           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `debug=`            *Optional.* Turns on code printing for debugging.       #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `nobs=`             *Optional.* Technical parameter with value `0`.         #;
+    %put #                        Do not change.                                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put ### Example 1 ###################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `myPackageCode.sas` file                                    #;
+    %put #   is located in the `C:/lazy/` folder and                                     #;
+    %put #   contain the following code and tags:                                        #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-start-##$## 01_macro(abc) */                );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%macro abc();                                                         );
+    %put  %nrstr(   %%put I am "abc".;                                                   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%mend abc;                                                            );
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-end-##$## 01_macro(abc) */                  );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-start-##$## 01_macro(efg) */                );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%macro efg();                                                         );
+    %put  %nrstr(   %%put I am "efg".;                                                   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%mend efg;                                                            );
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-end-##$## 01_macro(efg) */                  );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( proc FCMP outlib=work.f.p;                                             );
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-start-##$## 02_functions(xyz) */            );
+    %put  %nrstr( function xyz(n);                                                       );
+    %put  %nrstr(   return(n**2 + n + 1)                                                 );
+    %put  %nrstr( endfunc;                                                               );
+    %put  %nrstr( /)%nrstr(*##$##-code-block-end-##$## 02_functions(xyz) */              );
+    %put  %nrstr( quit;                                                                  );
+    %put  ;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # and we want results in `C:/split/` folder, we run the following:              #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;);
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;         );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%splitCodeForPackage%(                                                 );
+    %put  %nrstr(    codeFile=C:/lazy/myPackageCode.sas                                   );
+    %put  %nrstr(   ,packagePath=C:/split/ %)                                             );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;                        
+    %GOTO ENDofsplitCodeForPackage;
+  %end;
+
+%local options_tmp2 ;
+%let options_tmp2 = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls)) ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+%sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+;
+options nomprint nosymbolgen nomlogic notes source ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N ;
+
+%let debug = %sysevalf(NOT(0=%superq(debug)));
+%if 1=&debug. %then
+  %do;
+    options mprint symbolgen mlogic source source2 msglevel=i;
+  %end;
+
+%put NOTE- --&SYSMACRONAME.-START--;
+%local rc;
+%let rc = %sysfunc(doSubL(%nrstr(
+  options
+  %sysfunc(ifc(1=&debug.
+  ,msglevel=I ls=max ps=64 notes mprint symbolgen mlogic source source2
+  ,msglevel=N ls=max ps=64 nonotes nomprint nosymbolgen nomlogic nosource nosource2
+  ))
+  ;;;;
+
+  options DLcreateDir;
+  libname w "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/_splitCodeForPackage_";
+  filename d "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/_splitCodeForPackage_/dummy";
+  data _null_;
+    file d;
+    put "dummy";
+  run;
+
+  data _null_;
+    length codeFile $ 4096;
+    codeFile = symget('codeFile');
+    codeFile = dequote(codeFile);
+   
+    if fileexist(codeFile) then 
+      do;
+        codeFile = quote(strip(codeFile),"'");
+        call symputX("codeFile",codeFile,"L");
+      end;
+    else 
+      do;      
+        put "ERROR: [splitCodeForPackage] File " codeFile 'does not exist!';
+        call symputX("codeFile",quote(strip(pathname('d'))),"L");
+      end;
+  run;
+
+  options notes;
+  filename source &codeFile.;
+  filename source LIST;
+  options nonotes;
+
+  data _null_;
+    length packagePath work $ 4096;
+    work = pathname('WORK');
+    packagePath = coalescec(symget('packagePath'), work);
+    rc = fileexist(packagePath);
+    if NOT rc then packagePath = work;
+    if rc = 1 then put "INFO: " @;
+              else put "WARNING: " @;
+    put packagePath=; 
+    call symputX('packagePath',packagePath,"L");
+  run;
+
+  data w.files;
+    stop;
+  run;
+
+  data _null_;
+    if 1 = _N_ then
+      do;
+        declare hash H(ordered:"A");
+        H.defineKey('token');
+        H.defineData('token','start','end','lineNumber');
+        H.defineDone();
+      end;
+    if 1 = _E_ then
+      do;
+        H.output(dataset:'w.files');  
+      end;
+
+    infile source END=_E_;
+    lineNumberN+1;
+    input;
+
+    length line $ 4096 lineNumber $ 256;
+    line = left(lowcase(_infile_));
+    block=scan(line,1," ");
+
+    if block in ( 
+      '/*##$##-code-block-start-##$##' 
+      '/*##$##-code-block-end-##$##'
+    ); 
+
+    if substr(block,20,1) = 's' then 
+      do; s=1; e=0; end;
+    else
+      do; s=0; e=1; end;
+
+    i=1;
+    token=block;
+    do while(i);
+      i+1;
+      token=scan(line,i," ");
+      if token='*/' OR token=' ' then i=0;
+      else
+        do;
+          start=0; end=0;
+          if H.find() then
+            do;
+              start=s;
+              end  =e;
+              lineNumber = cats(lineNumberN);
+            end;
+          else
+            do;
+              start+s;
+              end  +e; 
+              lineNumber = catx(",",lineNumber,lineNumberN);
+            end;
+          H.replace();
+          /*putlog token= s= e= start= end=;*/
+        end;
+    end;
+  run;
+
+  title;
+  title1 "Attention!!! Not Matching Tags!";
+  title2 "Verify following tags in file:";
+  title3 &codeFile.;
+  proc print data=w.files(where=(start NE end));
+  run;
+  title;
+
+  data w.files;
+    set w.files end=_E_ nobs=nobs; 
+    where start=end;
+    length dir $ 128 code $ 32 path $ 160;
+    dir =coalescec(scan(token,1,'()'),'!BAD_DIRECTORY');
+    code=coalescec(scan(token,2,'()'),'!BAD_CODE_FILE');
+    if dir = '!BAD_DIRECTORY' or code = '!BAD_CODE_FILE' then
+      put "WARNING: Bad directory or code file name!" 
+        / "WARNING- Check tag: " token ;
+    path=cats('/',dir,'/',code,'.sas'); /* .sas */
+  run;
+
+  title;
+  title1 "List of tags with value _ALL_ for 'dir' or 'code' variable.";
+  title2 "Snippets tagged this way will be copied to multiple files.";
+  proc print data=w.files(where=(dir = '_all_' OR code = '_all_'));
+  run;
+  title;
+
+  data w.files;
+    if 0=nobs then
+      put "WARNING: No tags found in the file";
+    
+    set w.files end=_E_ nobs=nobs; 
+    where dir NE '_all_' AND code NE '_all_';
+    n+1;
+    if 1 = _E_ then 
+      call symputX('nobs',n,"L");
+  run;
+
+  title;
+  title "List of files";
+  proc print data=w.files;
+  run;
+  title;
+
+  data _null_;
+    set w.files;
+    rc = libname("_",catx("/",symget('packagePath'),dir));
+    rc = libname("_");
+  run;
+
+  filename f DUMMY;
+  data _null_;
+    if 1 =_N_ then
+      do;
+        array paths[0:&nobs.] $ 128 _temporary_;
+        array starts[0:&nobs.] _temporary_;
+        array ends[0:&nobs.] _temporary_;
+        array write[0:&nobs.] _temporary_;
+        array firstLine[0:&nobs.] _temporary_;
+
+        declare hash H();
+        H.defineKey('token');
+        H.defineData('n');
+        H.defineDone();
+
+        do until(_E_);
+          set w.files end=_E_;
+          paths[n]=path;
+          starts[n]=start;
+          ends[n]=end;
+          write[n]=0;
+          rc=H.add();
+          firstLine[n]=1;
+        end;
+        _E_=.;
+        length packagePath $ 4096;
+        retain packagePath " ";
+        packagePath=symget('packagePath');
+      end;
+
+    infile source END=_E_;
+    input;
+
+    length line /*lineToPrint*/ $ 4096;
+    line = left(lowcase(_infile_));
+    /*lineToPrint=_infile_;*/
+    block=scan(line,1," ");
+
+    if block in (
+      '/*##$##-code-block-start-##$##' 
+      '/*##$##-code-block-end-##$##'
+    ) then 
+      do;
+        /********************************************************/
+        if substr(block,20,1) = 's' then 
+          do; s=1; e=0; end;
+        else
+          do; s=0; e=1; end;
+
+        i=1;
+        token=block;
+        do while(i);
+          i+1;
+          token=scan(line,i," ");
+          if token='*/' OR token=' ' then i=0; /* if it is the end of list - stop */
+          else if token='_all_(_all_)' then /* if this is a snippet for ALL files in a package */
+            do k=1 to &nobs.;
+              starts[k]+ -s;
+              ends[k]  + -e;
+              write[k] + (s-e);
+            end;
+          else if scan(token,2,'()')='_all_' then /* if this is a snippet for ALL files in a type */
+            do k=1 to &nobs.;
+              if scan(token,1,'()')=scan(paths[k],1,'/\') then 
+                do;
+                  starts[k]+ -s;
+                  ends[k]  + -e;
+                  write[k] + (s-e);
+                end;
+            end;
+          else if scan(token,1,'()')='_all_' then /* if this is a snippet for ALL files with the same name */
+            do k=1 to &nobs.;
+              if (scan(token,2,'()')!!'.sas')=scan(paths[k],2,'/\') then 
+                do;
+                  starts[k]+ -s;
+                  ends[k]  + -e;
+                  write[k] + (s-e);
+                end;
+            end;
+          else /* all other "regular" cases */
+            do;
+              if 0=H.find() then
+                do;
+                  starts[n]+ -s;
+                  ends[n]  + -e;
+                  write[n] + (s-e);
+                  select;
+                    when(write[n]<0)
+                      putlog "ERROR: Wrong tags order for " token=;
+                    when(write[n]>1) 
+                      do;
+                        putlog "WARNING: Doubled value for tag" token=;
+                        putlog "WARNING- detected in line " _N_;
+                        putlog "WARNING- Check also counterpart block.";
+                      end;
+                    otherwise;
+                  end;
+                end;
+            end;
+        end;
+        /********************************************************/
+      end;
+    else
+      do j = 1 to hbound(write);
+        if write[j]>0 then
+          do;
+            length fvariable $ 4096;
+            fvariable=catx("/",packagePath,paths[j]);
+            file f FILEVAR=fvariable MOD;
+            /*
+            lineToPrintLen=(lengthn(lineToPrint));
+            if lineToPrintLen then
+              put @1 lineToPrint $varying4096. lineToPrintLen;
+            else put;
+            */
+            if firstLine[j] then
+              do;
+                put '/* File generated with help of SAS Packages Framework, version 20251126. */';
+                firstLine[j]=0;
+              end; 
+            put _infile_;
+          end;    
+      end;
+  run;
+
+  filename f clear;
+  libname w clear;
+)));
+%put NOTE- --&sysmacroname.-END--;
+options &options_tmp2.;
+%ENDofsplitCodeForPackage:
+%mend splitCodeForPackage;
+
+/**/

SPF/Macros/unloadpackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*+unloadPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro unloadPackage(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackage, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, options = %str(LOWCASE_MEMNAME)     /* possible options for ZIP filename */
+, source2 = /*source2*/               /* option to print out details, 
+                                         null by default */
+, zip = zip                           /* standard package is zip (lowcase), 
+                                         e.g. %unloadPackage(PiPackage)
+                                         if the zip is not available use a folder
+                                         unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder
+                                         and use unloadPackage in the form: 
+                                         %unloadPackage(PiPackage, zip=disk, options=) 
+                                       */
+)/secure
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20251126. Run %unloadPackage() for help info.'
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###      This is short help information for the `unloadPackage` macro           #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to unload SAS packages, version `20251126`                              #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and provided with                             #;
+    %put # a single `unload.sas` file (also embedded inside the zip).                    #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%unloadPackage())` macro clears the package content                       #;
+    %put # from the SAS session.                                                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      *Required.* Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,          #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%unloadPackage(myPackage)).`                           #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             *Optional.* Location of a package. By default it        #;
+    %put #                       looks for location of the **packages** fileref, i.e.    #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `options=`          *Optional.* Possible options for ZIP filename,          #;
+    %put #                       default value: `LOWCASE_MEMNAME`                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `source2=`          *Optional.* Option to print out details about           #;
+    %put #                       what is loaded, null by default.                        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `zip=`              Standard package is zip (lowcase),                      #;
+    %put #                        e.g. `%nrstr(%%unloadPackage(PiPackage))`.                      #;
+    %put #                       If the zip is not available use a folder.               #;
+    %put #                       Unpack data to "pipackage.disk" folder                  #;
+    %put #                       and use unloadPackage in the following form:            #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%unloadPackage(PiPackage, zip=disk, options=))`        #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put ### Example #####################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* setup a directory for packages;        );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%helpPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* get help about the package;                      );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%loadPackage(SQLinDS)     %%* load the package content into the SAS session;   );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%unloadPackage(SQLinDS)   %%* unload the package content from the SAS session; );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofunloadPackage;
+  %end;
+
+  /* local variables for options */
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+  %let ls_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp       = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp    = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let msglevel_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+ 
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(packagemetadata.sas) / &source2.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
+      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        ENCODING =
+          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
+                                            %else utf8 ;
+      ;
+      %include &_PackageFileref_.(unload.sas) / &source2.;
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..&zip." does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+
+%ENDofunloadPackage:
+%mend unloadPackage;
+

SPF/Macros/verifypackage.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*+verifyPackage+*/
+/*** HELP START ***/
+
+%macro verifyPackage(
+  packageName                         /* name of a package, 
+                                         e.g. myPackage, 
+                                         required and not null  */
+, path = %sysfunc(pathname(packages)) /* location of a package, 
+                                         by default it looks for 
+                                         location of "packages" fileref */
+, hash =                              /* The SHA256 hash digest for 
+                                         the package generated by 
+                                         hashing_file() function, SAS 9.4M6 */
+)/secure 
+/*** HELP END ***/
+des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20251126. Run %verifyPackage() for help info.'
+;
+%if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
+  %do;
+    %local options_tmp ;
+    %let options_tmp = ls=%sysfunc(getoption(ls))ps=%sysfunc(getoption(ps))
+     %sysfunc(getoption(notes)) %sysfunc(getoption(source))
+     msglevel=%sysfunc(getoption(msglevel))
+    ;
+    options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+    %put ;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ###      This is short help information for the `verifyPackage` macro           #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Macro to verify SAS package with it hash digest, version `20251126`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
+    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
+    %put # data, etc.) wrapped up together and embedded inside the zip.                  #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # The `%nrstr(%%verifyPackage())` macro generate package SHA256 hash                     #;
+    %put # and compares it with the one provided by the user.                            #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # *Minimum SAS version required for the process is 9.4M6.*                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Parameters:                                                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # 1. `packageName`      Name of a package, e.g. myPackage,                      #;
+    %put #                       Required and not null, default use case:                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%loadPackage(myPackage))`.                             #;
+    %put #                       If empty displays this help information.                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `hash=`             A value of the package `SHA256` hash.                   #;
+    %put #                       Provided by the user.                                   #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # - `path=`             Location of a package. By default it looks for          #;
+    %put #                       location of the "packages" fileref, i.e.                #;
+    %put #                        `%nrstr(%%sysfunc(pathname(packages)))`                         #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put # Visit: `https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation`   #;
+    %put # to learn more.                                                                #;
+    %put # Tutorials available at: `https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages`           #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #### Example ####################################################################;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                          #;
+    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                           #;
+    %put #   the SQLinDS package from the Internet.                                      #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Assume that the `SPFinit.sas` file                                          #;
+    %put #   is located in the "C:/SAS_PACKAGES/" folder.                                #;
+    %put #                                                                               #;
+    %put #   Run the following code in your SAS session:                                 #;
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas;
+    %put  %nrstr( filename packages "C:/SAS_PACKAGES"; %%* set-up a directory for packages;       );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);      %%* enable the framework;                 );
+    %put  ;
+    %put  %nrstr( %%installPackage(SQLinDS)  %%* install the package from the Internet;           );
+    %put  %nrstr( %%verifyPackage%(SQLinDS,   %%* verify the package with provided hash;          );
+    %put  %nrstr(               hash=HDA478ANJ3HKHRY327FGE88HF89VH89HFFFV73GCV98RF390VB4%)        );
+    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
+    %put #################################################################################;
+    %put ;
+    options &options_tmp.;
+    %GOTO ENDofverifyPackage;
+  %end;
+  
+  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp mautocomploc_tmp;
+  %let ls_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ls));
+  %let ps_tmp         = %sysfunc(getoption(ps));
+  %let notes_tmp      = %sysfunc(getoption(notes));
+  %let source_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(source));
+  %let stimer_tmp     = %sysfunc(getoption(stimer));
+  %let fullstimer_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(fullstimer));
+  %let msglevel_tmp   = %sysfunc(getoption(msglevel));
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+  
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
+  
+  %local _PackageFileref_;
+  data _null_; 
+    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5(lowcase("&packageName.")), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+  run;
+
+  /* when the packages reference is multi-directory search for the first one containing the package */
+  data _null_;
+    exists = 0;
+    length packages $ 32767 p $ 4096;
+    packages = resolve(symget("path"));
+    if char(packages,1) ^= "(" then packages = quote(strip(packages)); /* for paths with spaces */
+    do i = 1 to kcountw(packages, "()", "QS");
+      p = dequote(kscanx(packages, i, "()", "QS"));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! "zip")); /* check on zip files only! */
+      if exists then leave;
+    end;
+    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
+  run;
+
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. 
+  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).zip"
+  ;
+  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
+    %do;
+      /* create hash SHA256 id *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
+      %local HASHING_FILE_exist;
+      %let HASHING_FILE_exist = 0;
+
+      %if %sysfunc(exist(sashelp.vfunc, VIEW)) %then
+        %do;
+          data _null_;
+            set sashelp.vfunc(keep=fncname);
+            where fncname = "HASHING_FILE";
+            call symputX('HASHING_FILE_exist', 1, "L");
+            stop;
+          run;
+        %end;
+      
+      %if &HASHING_FILE_exist. = 1 %then
+        %do;
+          options notes;
+          filename &_PackageFileref_. list;
+          
+          data _null_;
+            length providedHash $ 100;
+            providedHash = strip(symget("hash"));
+            select;
+              when ( 'F*' = upcase(substr(providedHash,1,2)) ) /* F = file digest */                
+                SHA256 = 'F*' !! HASHING_FILE("SHA256", pathname("&_PackageFileref_.",'F'), 0);
+              when ( 'C*' = upcase(substr(providedHash,1,2)) ) /* C = content digest */                
+                SHA256 = 'C*' !! HASHING_FILE("SHA256", "&_PackageFileref_.", 4);
+              otherwise /* legacy approach, without C or F, digest value equivalent to C */
+                SHA256 = HASHING_FILE("SHA256", "&_PackageFileref_.", 4);
+            end;
+            put "Provided Hash: " providedHash;
+            put "SHA256 digest: " SHA256;
+            put " ";
+            
+            if upcase(SHA256) = upcase(providedHash) then
+              do;
+                put "NOTE: Package verification SUCCESSFUL."; 
+                put "NOTE- Generated hash is EQUAL to the provided one."; 
+              end;
+            else
+              do;
+                put "ERROR: Package verification FAILED!!"; 
+                put "ERROR- Generated hash is DIFFERENT than the provided one."; 
+                put "ERROR- Confirm if the package is genuine."; 
+              end;
+          run;
+          %let HASHING_FILE_exist = 0;
+        %end;
+      %else 
+        %put WARNING: Verification impossible! Minimum SAS version required for the process is 9.4M6. ;
+    /*-+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-*/
+    %end;
+  %else %put ERROR:[&sysmacroname] File "&path./&packageName..zip" does not exist!;
+  filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
+  
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
+          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
+          
+%ENDofverifyPackage:
+%mend verifyPackage;
+/**/
+

SPF/license.sas

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2019 - 2020 Bartosz Jablonski
+Copyright (c) 2019 - 2025 Bartosz Jablonski 
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

packages/README.md

@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 To get started with SAS Packages try this [**`Getting Started with SAS Packages`**](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/Documentation/Getting_Started_with_SAS_Packages.pdf "Getting Started with SAS Packages") presentation (see the `./SPF/Documentation` directory).
 
 ## Available packages: 
-Currently the following packages are available:
+For "backward compatibility"/historical point of view the following packages are available under the `./packages` directory.
+
+Since *September 2022* the default location for packages is **SASPAC - the SAS Packages Archive** located under: [`https://github.com/SASPAC`](https://github.com/SASPAC) where each package is stored as a separate repository with historical versions too.
+
+Packages:
 
 ---
 
-- **SQLinDS**\[2.2\], based on Mike Rhoads' article *Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros*. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.
+- **SQLinDS**\[2.3.1\], based on Mike Rhoads' article *Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros*. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.
 ```sas
 data class;
   set %SQL(
@@ -18,21 +22,13 @@ data class;
     WH = weight + height;
 run;
 ```
-SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: 3034A0C8AC43683AD55698861DBBDEBDE6FC8567D59ECF2BB5F3389FE6BC8062
+SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*606A24A2A6B06DAAD2D443FA9A9819D9564235A5CD8599FD15586F1EFFCB41BC
 
-[Documentation for SQLinDS](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/sqlinds.md "Documentation for SQLinDS")
+[Documentation for SQLinDS](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/sqlinds.md "Documentation for SQLinDS")
 
 ---
 
-- **MacroCore**\[1\], a macro library for SAS application developers. Over 100 macros for Base SAS, metadata, and Viya. Provided by the [SASjs framework](https://sasjs.io "SASjs framework").
-
-SHA256 digest for MacroCore: A23C29529F3CE7D0C8BEE9545C5D22D5B5594907547374A5135B8E5A48D7687B
-
-[Documentation for MacroCore](https://core.sasjs.io "Documentation for MacroCore")
-
----
-
-- **DFA** (Dynamic Function Arrays)\[0.5\], contains set of macros and FCMP functions which implement: a dynamically allocated array, a stack, a fifo queue, an ordered stack, and a priority queue, run `%helpPackage(DFA,createDFArray)` to find examples.
+- **DFA** (Dynamic Function Arrays)\[0.5.7\], contains set of macros and FCMP functions which implement: a dynamically allocated array, a stack, a fifo queue, an ordered stack, and a priority queue, run `%helpPackage(DFA,createDFArray)` to find examples.
 ```sas
 %createDFArray(ArrDynamic, resizefactor=17); 
 
@@ -59,13 +55,13 @@ data _null_;
   end;
 run;
 ```
-SHA256 digest for DFA: 179AAB9DF3DE8F049A4EFDF5FB0BE92AE5F7BFA7708D4365F39D4DC71C4F90FE
+SHA256 digest for DFA: F*012375D87F66EB3A7BF5DDD0CC5AEE28851733EE33CC63231DF9045BEB958168
 
-[Documentation for DFA](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/dfa.md "Documentation for DFA")
+[Documentation for DFA](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/dfa.md "Documentation for DFA")
 
 ---
 
-- **macroArray**\[0.8\], implementation of an array concept in a macro language, e.g. 
+- **macroArray**\[1.2.6\], implementation of an array concept in a macro language, e.g. 
 ```sas
   %array(ABC[17] (111:127), macarray=Y); 
   
@@ -84,13 +80,13 @@ SHA256 digest for DFA: 179AAB9DF3DE8F049A4EFDF5FB0BE92AE5F7BFA7708D4365F39D4DC71
       which = 1:H:2
   );
 ```
-SHA256 digest for macroArray: 42E87B80450B3E1AD462B9B63B41F34C83B7745AA0F98C3CA72AA19F3B1FF10E
+SHA256 digest for macroArray: F*3F3893F1FCD78719543703E4353F4CC19811D247C016F220FF729B283C1AD790
 
-[Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
+[Documentation for macroArray](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/macroarray.md "Documentation for macroArray")
 
 ---
 
-- **BasePlus**\[0.991\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
+- **BasePlus**\[3.1.1\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
 ```sas
 call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
 call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
@@ -103,15 +99,50 @@ string = catXFn("date9.", "#", myArray);
 format x bool.;
 
 %put %getVars(sashelp.class, pattern = ght$, sep = +, varRange = _numeric_);
+
+%rainCloudPlot(sashelp.cars,DriveTrain,Invoice)
+
+%zipLibrary(sashelp,libOut=work)
+
+%bpPIPE(ls -la ~/)
+
+%dirsAndFiles(C:\SAS_WORK\,ODS=work.result)
+
+%put %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$) HELLO SAS! %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$);
+
+%put %date() %time() %datetime();
+
+%put %date(yymmddn10.) %time(time5.) %datetime(e8601dt.);
+
+%put %monthShift(2023,1,-5);
+
+%put #%expandDataSetsList(lib=sashelp,datasets=_all_)#;
+
+%workLib(ABC)
 ```
-SHA256 digest for BasePlus: 28F3DE865C5E3B914FFB7CC2627D8B0975527EEECEE7AFEAD7B335C3FDC1BFD3
+SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*6394CE27FBCF48D475F682CBCF8CA8B4FDD6D40D2672EF571F4A561BDDF274A6
 
-[Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
+[Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
 
 ---
 
-- **dynMacroArray**\[0.2\], set of macros (wrappers for a hash table) emulating dynamic array in the data step (macro predecessor of DFA)
+- **GSM** (Generate Secure Macros)\[0.22.1\], package allows
+ to create secured macros stored in SAS Proc FCMP functions.
+ The dataset with functions can be shared between different operating systems
+ and allows to generate macros on site without showing their code.
 
-SHA256 digest for dynMacroArray: 8B0777EA3CF41968C0B029AA57B1F809D21D1BAB1B88A35B0EA5DB3C6DD9E748
+[Recording of presentation with "how it works" description (in Polish)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtaWPe2sgRY&t=1s "YouTube").
+
+[The WUSS 2023 Conference article describing the idea](https://www.wuss.org/proceedings/2023/WUSS-2023-Paper-189.pdf "Article about the idea GSM")
+
+SHA256 digest for GSM: F*80197391195C3EC41BD436DF0C8802D3920E4D22B64009A7DE872FBDF8D4B86E
+
+[Documentation for GSM](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/gsm.md "Documentation for GSM")
+
+---
+
+- **dynMacroArray**\[0.2.7\], set of macros (wrappers for a hash table) emulating dynamic array in the data step (macro predecessor of DFA). Development of this package is currently on hold.
+
+SHA256 digest for dynMacroArray: F*C1644842102C87522E22513744B249027306A833AF7951E51D1760FF28656C16
 
 ---

packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,294 @@
+/* 20251122 */
+SQLinDS: F*606A24A2A6B06DAAD2D443FA9A9819D9564235A5CD8599FD15586F1EFFCB41BC
+
+/* 20251105 */
+BasePlus: F*6394CE27FBCF48D475F682CBCF8CA8B4FDD6D40D2672EF571F4A561BDDF274A6
+
+/* 20251020 */
+BasePlus: F*9FFBC40A2B7FC51161C7D6D120DADC3ACEF8087E4EB43BB1A3F0FBC1F1CBD5AC
+
+/* 20251015 */
+BasePlus: F*B9F6D8F1EDD1ECDA89F4BE327C4F4202649475D1D9DFB476279B633D9F14125D
+
+/* 20250905 */
+BasePlus: F*DB0811D8F207641BD45FCE30CB75D03CDF8D06849EBEA268BB575358FAA4E76C
+
+/* 20250807 */
+BasePlus: F*19FE220C82DE4B9990B4AC352A9D9DEF5FAF2FD601BE756B2F3A2AC39CDAF381
+
+/* 20250805 */
+BasePlus: F*B2D318DD9708D74E5A7C419F7CAE1BF46D662B7F6AEE7E6B1B9D9B6858A5C41A
+
+/* 20250804 */
+BasePlus: F*71DC1AFA709B2977E8AEA452721776F62EEC8240ABD658AC83AA6D4310FC49B6
+
+/* 20240909 */
+BasePlus: F*DFA83F8E0D7424DEB63D49620392068BC68D766552E2804CB6B01DE8E5A87769
+
+/* 20240724 */
+BasePlus: F*FB102C9B12E870666C15A651017D48E0141E47D64C11437350D0EC75A7E9E609
+
+/* 20240723 */
+BasePlus: F*0730DD793516E5C193842126A7EC9D339ADADD19F0F40B071F938CABDE4E66AD
+
+/* 20240722 */
+BasePlus: F*68BB953CD732EB43119A3339656670292317FE1C3B764EC57484C7D5C9DF23EB
+
+/* 20240719 */
+BasePlus: F*2129F372D72A34A4FB1F368A581EA33D64AD4D8F3707213D5B9553F3C3122003
+
+/* 20240710 */
+BasePlus: F*6012D1475AE22A4445C032D8EAE092BE515D8CD2AE390CC087F5987ACB8BCB13
+
+/* 20240609 */
+BasePlus: F*6760DDF382E7CA9A1291F028FA7F2BACB68A3D31CEA3A85104E13EA08645AEF1
+
+/* 20240606 */
+BasePlus: F*BD0333B92D7CB639A136CD4994DE0C63F8396E449E45BC714D71D2E15318F42D
+
+/* 20240529 */
+BasePlus: F*3C3A2050E3FF46E1FC0F936634A66FC3F294A3531EFE0A7DC9CE74F2EF17C687
+
+/* 20240312 */
+BasePlus: F*209FB8198270DEAB6151CE31391A352A065B4EE2689F40433FA9550A7F4AAC18
+
+/* 20240309 */
+BasePlus: F*8155BFE82F7833E4B0DA24D81DBDFC58463906D6032B1F0161772DADE84BE790
+
+/* 20240112 */
+BasePlus: F*B9F1B3243FD3956F0B68652C21EA1EBC19F3EB0931774A57FECE1F02A9448108
+
+/* 20231201 */
+macroArray: F*3F3893F1FCD78719543703E4353F4CC19811D247C016F220FF729B283C1AD790
+
+/* 20231129 */
+macroArray: F*FFF2C3D854F9B5677F561BA2EB6FAA2CCC652D81F6AF9473ADF0A4CE977E43F0
+
+/* 20231123 */
+macroArray: F*A0840B92EB9356EDB318DBE9B579A345C85ABF69E8D5F7C73C144C66F2F74FB4
+
+/* 20231114 */
+BasePlus: F*BCD89EDF856762EB8E441BC53933774483258453D1F7D74185F8A1861E414B0E
+
+/* 20231111 */
+BasePlus: F*D84CE41A550DC2D5C092C70C04A796E8329F34087A603BEF0CD366910C162E80 
+DFA: F*012375D87F66EB3A7BF5DDD0CC5AEE28851733EE33CC63231DF9045BEB958168 
+dynMacroArray: F*C1644842102C87522E22513744B249027306A833AF7951E51D1760FF28656C16 
+GSM: F*80197391195C3EC41BD436DF0C8802D3920E4D22B64009A7DE872FBDF8D4B86E 
+macroArray: F*2A108D121D4DACAA8752E681301371F80F0500B2EE28A9E3B39678415BCBD6B2 
+SQLinDS: F*3C010734B76CA7459C4D35087C899121011CD4AA2932B56335FF11A805C8EF8D 
+
+/* 20231107 */
+BasePlus: F*6214654B4575DC8E4BA3CF032924862C2F69A03A6384872BAA9F774EDF6A8DDA
+GSM: F*8D80AEB2DB7A4531BA124240E7A12EBE717293048561A877EB5B6B039BD11D18
+macroArray: F*8689194590698F9A00B57FB37BE3CA8D7330F16B3E591CEAF49E6BE0B70D61D0
+
+/* 20231026 */
+BasePlus: F*3407AD8068C7528E129034144F9A44CFDF14B7DC34334C64C2F1D67351D1E01E
+
+/* 20231012 */
+BasePlus: F*7EF23E80A2C03B29402183D97ECFF608B62BEDD9458848709B52DC362E6201B9
+
+/* 20230921 */
+macroArray: F*E9C0C58FB36AC40C76A518066B8C6F9942202A9DB2C2D737E95D2BB6E4ECED50
+
+/* 20230919 */
+BasePlus: F*B91771D45C781B6806DBB44A3B491A0784D7698B9F3BBBE1A86EE5594834315F
+
+/* 20230906 */
+macroArray: F*6A22A01868F4203862B3685F543D723C7DB8E9AB3C1A6357D2BFA030971B0D3C
+
+/* 20230904 */
+BasePlus: F*2FE68DD9B3692B9D46EF85B82F63C7E65010BF9E89D670FD1779F4670FA03F31
+DFA: F*09EA5201360922A91A9EEE72F4567792E9CFDFB591BA33419E2BF2B31D9B7C62
+dynMacroArray: F*F50BEDB542D96B07C763EAB7549FBC5F08ED389DC2338BFAAEBFBD1FD20E22B6
+GSM: F*2FECDDB568B38E206CA4ADA6FDEF5209C0A08B99401A1510D777BABF9DA54682
+macroArray: F*4FAAEE7DF2854EA31933AE017A89C1615C7291A66A07CCE345041EB0D587ED4E
+SQLinDS: F*42DC179E1D2B946AD519C4EC04A068061B312E021C3F4BC4826D2775E116E1B9
+
+/* 20230824 */
+BasePlus: F*9EEE4F4B99EA725B60141645AB6A50BFEBA32CE54848593F8D832D907D63CAD7
+
+/* 20230727 */
+GSM: F*56DC0DCCE06B4281BF3FA6FA3875CBA87772BDA7FAB601B06740A7980FFB0E07
+
+/* 20230602 */
+BasePlus: F*D6DC5AD1B60A92AD300B639B3C361C1F7846EB01E5AB35BF4FDDA6E783408172
+
+/* 20230601 */
+BasePlus: F*B3CACDA32A5E70940E667DCA859483BD76DB082D19BAF326F28A580226DDD962
+
+/* 20230526 */
+BasePlus: F*2A4F3953EC56DB914024457F74286D565C23DCF220FF151040BDB704FD8DDB06
+
+/* 20230520 */
+BasePlus: F*0CCAA009D64CC20ED315FA123C233E0383967E635EB8708E7A48EEE3767C6BC5
+
+/* 20230503 */
+BasePlus: F*B297440903337E1AE6F12A6001B80B8AB743079847D16D63DF1C649AE51AA411
+
+/* 20230419 */
+BasePlus: F*625E56B017C4AA8D436959C0A03C8503773A9A3823D43FA9E0326276E52DA6F2
+
+/* 20230417 */
+BasePlus: F*F39F38CE80A5D8EED3BC9F2413CD6DEF38E8657E5DCF427CBA8938EB8C4350B6
+
+/* 20230411 */
+BasePlus: F*B5BF05531BF78DCEBC436BD93311FED0436D83AA3D106ABFBAD96B04C7D63DF2
+DFA: F*924711C77E413B8CFC18336DDA2293A9F5294D02E267C1BB7BC876B4AF0AABE4
+dynMacroArray: F*6E087F38BB39B93CBF983124272812E14693C4EF5EE0A3A218BD2BAA069A74BF
+GSM: F*91C619E47EFAB44CCEB8B892BA1D7A8F9948590DA1317B8EA330F5D12642CE0E
+macroArray: F*85E3BE4D163AC5223B6EC9D3C25C46564A656E3830998B4555A963180D767160
+SQLinDS: F*3BB422E8C94515DEE9E13E674A0D119794F464D9597C28D5D536E71F64EB5298
+
+/* 20230401 */
+BasePlus: F*AD0B78F94A6FD1C394999CBBC8DD16017FB06DFC3FA1F51AC17B43AC8F517432
+
+/* 20230210 */
+SQLinDS: F*229ACF1A62E5194A25C75D8E554BEF1B7D29227A498ED5862F23892BB0D57644
+
+/* 20221215 */
+BasePlus: A6F1977DC4EC22A39DDC7BCE68CF562AF54351A3D385D488EC3067B5A7C0F3CB
+DFA: 6DEB02BE1C30453FBC688AF1F561709C7D6BF10B3B67988B238853A2A9D53034
+dynMacroArray: 7800F36877DC0B9A94B1AC8FFDF8B43ADB216F11B5B26343E41165E7F5E32FC0
+GSM: 83EC349DF97EFA71187536E8CC6CD62215CE675D20DA355E14D4ACE3FBC6D524
+macroArray: 8584C249C308B5E8B620ED5F695BC58CD426172FB2EACD5FF9C6899F9DE2B470
+SQLinDS: 42677CEBB0778A6B72DE9C0071B66A345811EE470289E3847D7737F782E709E0
+
+
+/* 20221125 */
+BasePlus: D8DBB7CC5952331FA59FEBBBDD15BC543FE3C89A8BA9150FE6AF5E412868EBE7
+DFA: 7520CF21CBF1FD4AD2BC05C5DD343E508FCEA507575EBC060B4AD322FB80AB04
+dynMacroArray: 440920272D1838505EA5C033B1C448C612DE2FCCFD57F157BB90ED980E4001CC
+GSM: 50D8340E080BEA459E68BE315146AD3B809930DB8DC7B23C7A492C3815ACD83F
+macroArray: 244B88C82AD7E6E93B8B85BC701ECDDB20B68F38B16C500EE9B49E1167ADC298
+SQLinDS: D5A66E60602270E5FB1E592FA3E0C2F2C640BC077FE799A2223CB9BA275F6F47
+
+
+/* 20221121 */
+BasePlus: EBA9EDB3D50D854288970CC0E965DA6AD5B057F6E6433EEBEC4A02B9A25CF6E2
+DFA: 3F618EDAC8B4F4BE6C19D606E6BCC58121A16BA1383D2EE64C680B4B7FA9C96A
+dynMacroArray: DD0BF1768DA05EBB5F8C6E7409A0929E28DF11CB499F75B433D9648855AACAE4
+GSM: E47C94B536B661DEE390F5C3EA1684DD1A246106F4FBBDAFA57F5E34D4BB16D5
+macroArray: DA57FFE85F49201FD61A53411D19E97FB5A6AC3C34E34FDF4B913545699551FF
+SQLinDS: 085F0B8BD4A59343E2913FF9635EA6E551ADD54E9678C35F5096D4A0A895B9C5
+
+/* 20221112 */
+BasePlus: A80006D3C1409465E49F383D08F2F3AF1E33D6A67D71A8CAF29747ADC917E2E4
+DFA: 5A6FD2F6E962E6C191346A141FFAF354E35A546CA93146B55D7C6163BFB1BDD6
+dynMacroArray: C987C08615A53D7BD7AEC3911EADF436C676EAB3E233E7E422E42995B890E169
+GSM: 5D1925970C9590CD195C15B8641B01D7857E3B2546323DC77D09154BCCA40922
+macroArray: 371B92A5ABBE82C53F7D63BC5C0D1EBD4695603D3894D8A9A5D5777D1AB59B30
+SQLinDS: A070214517CC36590083FCF9D5F488AC6E746793E94B9AA55D09A419CF291B5B
+
+/* 20220830 */
+BasePlus: 56B260350FEB7D5118F581B9EFD1B9CE1F0298DCB9A4C000A7654E2FF3F0298C
+DFA: 5BFFCE78439E1CDDCBB15C95CD287AA4195BF64BB17DDB8FE374EC3535B4F491
+dynMacroArray: D7E0B8F85C05EBF8622204E0D2F3E990D48D0A9B3911051C3AD44DC98954DDCF
+GSM: 2AEBC150FBA99A4AAB0265A21C57E89200BFD96B633B898F32743D1C8831A159
+macroArray: ED12BC96F8A4E9E7C4D651EC1E15479DB9B55D98B274B63C507ED842081F7AB7
+SQLinDS: 96D0EFE02DF1AE0D7D875A10CAF7EF63CDEF85DD0CF9418934BEFAF0C067D453
+
+/* 20220511 */
+BasePlus: 619D4B2562F1D9E42C9C5DCB326E8F4D6A020B5D0CEE29A6174F65F8E1B0E7BD
+
+/* 20220509 */
+BasePlus: 4CD3926B9842925C86B80B5B47B47BEA1FB9707826B545B9B4D52AE97BC3617E
+
+/* 20220508 */
+BasePlus: 0331C673052D5221DA98C5CC93295634D8A0BC62C7D2FEF9D0D85B0B2DEDE4E9
+
+/* 20220420 */
+BasePlus: 12A9A2155D9C6F969DF0A66E3A18D0938B8194FA3AA9D70EDDE1CB71DEF9691E
+DFA: 6B3FB0B06B47A7EF1BB004B483B0F39B8F553F7F16D02A7E24CDE388BBA704EA
+dynMacroArray: 7DA9BFDED37C18C4FB5BD7579A81A4B2578EEEF1546D1A3AB5C80DE07C88A615
+GSM: E6E2A6214EE7DC6E06AA76916A68B216DD7665184E63CF2C01F487A038E71B09
+macroArray: DF63B0E027827A82038F1C8422787A0BC569BA93104BA1778DB6DD088A5D255C
+SQLinDS: 701B69BE71B99792803BCE7718ED486259310FFB92E6D77ED1BC029D9CC67B60
+
+/* 20220406 */
+GSM: BE9508C8E37706B2EB2FBCA68B64F7DCF63C65E8E24775C92E28FE34E547893D
+
+/* 20220307 */
+GSM: F63B8C602C1DB02F4107D9AF78182D87CD64AEA6521163067B7EB6D5C1B368AF
+
+/* 20220307 */
+GSM: 8D730316043A6523A3AF2AA15D2820BB75A46E06307F2B8916D30AC102AEE31D
+
+/* 20220217 */
+macroArray: DAEB87654D99965BF2B7A6AB14626B3E617D0ABF526E77725DF89A1AB4C812C2
+
+/* 20220113 */
+BasePlus: A60A300E083628C65DD6899E7EF95588916F8F66B6A25B32B3228987B6F74857
+DFA: 5F89AC6AE628EB27D87FF6A9D72A515FFA3FF6694D04DE0D9811BFFB81444ABB
+dynMacroArray: 766DF3F330B87E99FAC32A00A569D9A45DA1157F591DE34DD0892CD864779409
+GSM: 3B70D8C31F02CB2B6AC47CC1DB3EC9E462796226CBFF519936AF5EEDB0C46B8F
+macroArray: 833D747526F4CE83FFD73F9EB3A2A9065401B498DFEC79045A28A42E0E57A8CA
+SQLinDS: DCAB62267B52822F416BA7E6713A696D843E8092A4E3A37DF06CBE1E1D5DAD11
+
+/* 20220111 */
+BasePlus: 1B6AA5A38846C30B3DD3E9FED86CB4ECACF25FBAF3011CBE108ED996C3FBB823
+
+/* 20211228 */
+macroArray: 95164E71AF0B86AC816F13821F6468F611C6E5BB9036AC10459CDEB10487B08E
+
+/* 20211123 */
+BasePlus: 105F0CEB95C49102BDB085DF67C785301F623CB337D466F07B5E051626E4AE61
+
+/* 20211119 */
+BasePlus: 55AC07F7322F504EF22C5D00D46587744CD373E70A83932F837EA8C6ECB6D987
+
+/* 20211114 */
+BasePlus: 319109732B5CBD99ADDA6D48EA26DA5236622F9C5D332F94EF282F1C9DCE73F9
+
+/* 20211113 */
+BasePlus: 4EDB786B9D6F6D6C5741B5CAC1CB169DD10D8196600B2CB385DDE479A54F0FA3
+
+/* 20211112 */
+GSM: F6EE77A3C042E1E083E970BE255D126B52A75205DC1FB9A4A7337D0A89EEC7EB
+
+/* 20211111 */
+BasePlus: B34E352EC52E05B8BBE1816E6104F47677CBFDEAF7CD71B8BF04FDBFA01B0EF0
+DFA: C32A81304A411C1EB6BA7B76EDB8D70550F3935F35A1506E2B8019A2036FB5FF
+dynMacroArray: 9FE227EF3144431B51063D599148BDD8873509D1B32F1AC2979EC566E1BB1487
+GSM: BEFAA87266D6DBA3D5983117FC36A24DE03A2F93791AC786DCDB37571A4494AC
+macroArray: 70032D27081A0EE15BC82B8F14D2A61700FA7C1F0D88B4DB516AB433CD06C4D3
+SQLinDS: F2BE3CC68C9A34DD324FD35C8287A4F89737E2E28E806E0DD7FB0EBF60F7C569
+
+/* 20211105 */
+GSM: 3EAF6E93642CCA9B5B592DF9BED4C8B20B60BCD4B0434720D12D26096717C4A9
+
+/* 20211005 */
+BasePlus: D01BDFB50EF023EF51806F5F0ED664523C1A6F25AA2778808558C212E6D74725
+
+/* 20211001 */
+BasePlus: 5EAEF846754F19759C0492308478417C9667C9651F1EF14F70E4FF8AB4C857F6
+
+/* 20210908 */
+GSM: 93D88D4465B68984E938212241DE55C7B12EBC20601538553AC9E1AC0628C006
+
+/* 20210818 */
+BasePlus: C9D26CAC2504634EF25F02B5BD04596B2F873E3C25E8CEDDD7F496A78B184E9F
+
+/* 20210726 */
+GSM: 2FC239B5A2216D073826125999BFD64FBA32BFEA3EE6EA2B22EC64E8C1B04144
+
+/* 20210722 */
+GSM: 311BCF510B7B189AE9A75C56C4D2F99F844114CC5AD32329FAD690BA1F10422A
+
+/* 20210719 */
+GSM: 4322D79C382B9D58EF5E51AFD0856331F8B38B1B35AC21295DADFC43F81B2AF8
+
+/* 20210716 */
+GSM: 7134C8672023972BA0D5D5CE1E611F0DBB5F60ADAE847BC59C94FF7E2BEC0278
+
+/* 20210528 */
+BasePlus: A321A4BC54D444B82575EC5D443553A096557AD69DC171D578A330277E67637A
+DFA: 22AB51B85E3344B8C0FB7AF164247881B656F5CBA88BBA974AD8BC41ED79327F
+dynMacroArray: 67956116578E71327748B7EB3DAFF9D872DBC6F6EDD0DC11B7CF2A54FDA71785
+macroArray: 849629D3AF3FE3AB45D86990E303F1D5E4D5F9F31C8ED6864C95B0DFAADCA445
+SQLinDS: 1853CD6262CF66582A33C373AA612CA714B61CB88A1C51745E7A57D5A03C39B4
+
 /* 20210117 */
 DFA: 179AAB9DF3DE8F049A4EFDF5FB0BE92AE5F7BFA7708D4365F39D4DC71C4F90FE
 

packages/SQLinDS/000_libname/dssql.sas

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/*** HELP START ***/
-/*
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ 
 ## >>> library `dsSQL`: <<< <a name="library-dssql"></a> ########################
 
 The `dsSQL` library stores temporary views 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ if not possible, then redirects to the `WORK` location, like:
 LIBNAME dsSQL BASE "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))"; 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ---
-*/
-/*** HELP END ***/
+
+*//*** HELP END ***/
 
 data _null_;
   length rc0 $ 32767 rc1 rc2 8;

packages/SQLinDS/001_macro/dssql_inner.sas

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/*** HELP START ***/
-/*
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ 
 ## >>> `%dsSQL_Inner()` macro: <<< <a name="dssql-inner-macro"></a> #############
 
 **Internal** macro called by `dsSQL()` function.
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ which is then stored in the `dsSQL` library.
 Recommended for *SAS 9.3* and higher. 
 
 ---
-*/
-/*** HELP END ***/
+
+*//*** HELP END ***/
 
 /* inner macro */
 %MACRO dsSQL_Inner() / secure;

packages/SQLinDS/001_macro/sql.sas

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/*** HELP START ***/
-/*
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ 
 ## >>> `%SQL()` macro: <<< <a name="dssql-macro"></a> ###########################
 
 The **main** macro which allows to use 
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ data dictionary;
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ---
-*/
-/*** HELP END ***/
+
+*//*** HELP END ***/
 
 
 /* Main User macro */

packages/SQLinDS/002_function/dssql.sas

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/*** HELP START ***/
-/* 
+/*** HELP START ***//*
+ 
 ## >>> `dsSQL()` function: <<< <a name="dssql-function"></a> ####################
 
 **Internal** function called by the `%SQL()` macro.
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ dsSQL(unique_index_2, query)
 2. `query` -          *Character*, internal variable, contains query text.
 
 ---
-*/
-/*** HELP END ***/
+
+*//*** HELP END ***/
 
 proc fcmp 
   /*inlib  = work.&packageName.fcmp*/

packages/dfa.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 ---
 
-# The DFA package [ver. 0.5] <a name="dfa-package"></a> ###############################################
+# The DFA package [ver. 0.5.7] <a name="dfa-package"></a> ###############################################
 
 The **DFA** (a.k.a. *Dynamic Function Array*) package implements:
  - dynamic numeric and character arrays,
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ Package contains:
 12.  exec       generatearrays 
 13.  clean      generatearrays
 
-*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20210109*
+*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20231111*
 
-The SHA256 hash digest for package BasePlus: 
-`179AAB9DF3DE8F049A4EFDF5FB0BE92AE5F7BFA7708D4365F39D4DC71C4F90FE` 
+The SHA256 hash digest for package DFA: 
+`F*012375D87F66EB3A7BF5DDD0CC5AEE28851733EE33CC63231DF9045BEB958168` 
 
 ---
 # Content description ############################################################################################

packages/gsm.md

@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+- [The GSM package](#gsm-package)
+- [Content description](#content-description)
+  * [`%GSM()` macro](#gsm-macro)  
+  * [`%GSMpck_makeFCMPcode()` macro](#gsmpck-makefcmpcode-macro)  
+
+  * [License](#license)
+  
+---
+
+
+# The GSM package [ver. 0.22.1] <a name="gsm-package"></a> ###############################################
+
+The **GSM** (a.k.a. *Generate Secure Macros*) package allows
+to create secured macros stored in SAS Proc FCMP functions.
+The dataset with functions can be shared and allows to generate 
+macros without showing their code.
+
+The GSM package is basically an automated version of the following:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+proc fcmp outlib = work.gsm.secure ENCRYPT;
+  function generateMacro() $;
+    rc = RESOLVE('
+      %macro secretMacro(x) / SECURE;
+        data test;
+         a = "&x.";
+        run;
+      %mend;
+    ');
+    return (rc);
+  endsub;
+run;
+
+/* share work.gsm dataset */
+options cmplib = work.gsm;
+data _null_;
+  rc = generateMacro();
+  put rc=;
+run;
+
+/* enjoy */
+%secretMacro(42)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+See examples for more details.
+
+[Recording of presentation with "how it works" description (in Polish)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtaWPe2sgRY&t=1s "YouTube").
+
+[The WUSS 2023 Conference article describing the idea](https://www.lexjansen.com/wuss/2023/WUSS-2023-Paper-189.pdf "Article about the idea GSM")
+
+
+*How to use it:* 
+ - Copy all files with your secured macros code into a directory. 
+   Best approach is to have one file for one macro.
+ - Copy a path to the directory.
+ - Run the following code:
+   ```
+   %GSM(<the path to directory>, cmplib=<name of the dataset>)
+   ```
+ - Share generated `ZIP` file (unzip and run the code).
+ 
+**Limitations:** 
+ - Single macro file cannot be longer than 32760 bytes.
+ 
+ - Multiline text variable. Consider the following code text file:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+%macro~test()/SECURE;~#@
+data~test;~#@
+a~=~"abc~#@
+~#@
+def";~#@
+put~a~hex20.;~#@
+run;~#@
+%mend~test;~#@
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+where `~` symbols the space character, 
+`#` symbols the carriage return (`0D`), 
+and `@` symbols the line feed (`0A`).
+The code file is scanned and inserted into 
+the `resolve()` function argument in a "byte by byte"
+fashion hence also the "end of line" characters are included.
+As the result value of variable `a` will be: 
+
+`a = "abc~#@~#@def"`. 
+
+If you want to use the `GSM` package avoid 
+such "style" of coding in your macros.
+
+
+---
+
+Package contains: 
+  1.   macro      gsm 
+  2.   macro      gsmpck_makefcmpcode 
+
+Required SAS Components: 
+  `Base SAS Software`
+
+Package contains additional content, run:  %loadPackageAddCnt(GSM)  to load it
+or look for the gsm_AdditionalContent directory in the Packages fileref
+localization (only if additional content was deployed during the installation process).
+
+*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20231111*
+
+The SHA256 hash digest for package GSM: 
+`F*80197391195C3EC41BD436DF0C8802D3920E4D22B64009A7DE872FBDF8D4B86E` 
+
+ 
+## >>> `%GSM()` macro: <<< <a name="gsm-macro"></a> #######################
+
+The `%GSM()` macro is the main macro of 
+the **GSM** (a.k.a. *Generate Secure Macros*) package. 
+
+It converts a list of macros provided by the user into
+a data set of the Proc FCMP functions. The macros are stored
+in functions are encrypted which allow to share them without 
+showing their code. *Important* thing is that macros provided 
+by the user *has* to be "secure", i.e. the `secure` option has to 
+be added to the macro definition. See the example:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%macro secretMacro(x) / SECURE; /* <- the secure option */
+  <... some code ...>
+%mend secretMacro;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+As a result a zip file, containing dataset with functions and 
+code to be executed on site, is generated.
+
+Since encrypted code is stored in a SAS dataset it has
+no limitation in sharing between operating systems (like catalogs have).
+
+*Limitation:* Due to the `Resolve()` function limitations 
+ a single macro file cannot be longer than 32760 bytes.
+
+*Notes:* 
+- All macros have to have the `secure` option added, i.e. `%macro aMacroname(...) / SECURE ;`.
+- During the execution a test macro, named `%GSMpck_dummyMacroForTests()`, is generated.
+- The `%GSM()` macro calls the `%GSMpck_makeFCMPcode(...)` macro internally.
+
+### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
+
+The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%GSM( 
+   path
+ <,trim=0>
+ <,cmplib=work.generateMacros>
+ <,source2=>
+ <,outpath=>
+ <,encodingRestricted=>
+ <,secret=>
+ <,lineEnd=>
+ <,encrypt=>
+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Arguments description**:
+
+1. `path`               - *Required*, indicates a directory which contains files with macros.
+                          Only files with `sas` extension are used.
+
+* `cmplib=`             - *Optional*, the default value is `work.generateMacros`. 
+                          Names the dataset which will contain generated functions. 
+
+* `source2=`            - *Optional*, the default value is null. 
+                          Indicate if `%includ`-ed files are printed out.
+                          Any value other than null enables printing.
+
+* `outpath=`            - *Optional*, the default value is set the same as the `path`.
+                          Points a directory in which a result (a zip file) is generated.
+
+* `encodingRestricted=` - *Optional*, the default value is `0`.
+                          If set to 1 then if User session encoding is different from 
+                          encoding of the session which generates the dataset then 
+                          the generateMacros() function will not execute macro code.
+
+* `secret=`             - *Optional*, the default value is null, in such case the 
+                          secret is generated from the `sha256(datetime(), hex32.)` function 
+                          and is printed in the log. When not null then should be
+                          alphanumerical constant. Non-alphanumerical characters are removed.
+                          Required to execute the `resolve()` function. 
+                          User who do not know the value will not be able
+                          to run the `_maxro_XX_()` function.
+
+* `lineEnd=`            - *Optional*, the default value is `0D0A`, indicates which of:
+                          line feed, carriage return, or both, or a space be inserted 
+                          at the end of line in the intermediate code file that is generated.
+                          Value has to be hexadecimal code (_NOT_ null),
+                          since the value is resolved as `"&lineEnd."x`, so use e.g.
+                          `0A` for line feed, `0D` for carriage return, 
+                          `0D0A` for both, and `20` for space.
+
+* `encrypt=`            - *Optional*, the default value is `ENCRYPT`. 
+                          Indicate if `FCMP` functions generated by the package 
+                          are encrypted. Value has to be either empty or `ENCRYPT`,
+                          all other are converted to default. The option is 
+                          dedicated for debugging, keep the default value 
+                          for production use.
+
+* `trim=`               - *Deprecated*, the default value is `0`.
+                          *Kept for backward compatibility.*
+                          
+---
+
+### Example: ###################################################################
+
+Example 1. Prepare 2 files: `f1.sas` and `f2.sas` and use the `%GSM()` macro.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%let path = %sysfunc(pathname(work))/path2files;
+
+%put &=path.;
+options dlcreatedir;
+libname path "&path.";
+filename path "&path.";
+
+data _null_;
+  file path(f1.sas);
+  input;
+  put _infile_;
+cards4;
+%macro abc(x) / SECURE;
+  data test;
+    do i = 1 to &x.;
+      put i=;
+    end;
+  run;
+%mend;
+;;;;
+run;
+
+data _null_;
+  file path(f2.sas);
+  input;
+  put _infile_;
+cards4;
+%macro xyz(x) / SECURE;
+  %do i = 1 %to &x.;
+    %put &=i;
+  %end;
+%mend;
+;;;;
+run;
+
+%GSM(&path., cmplib=work.myMacros)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+## >>> `%GSMpck_makeFCMPcode()` macro: <<< <a name="GSMpck-makeFCMPcode-macro"></a> #######################
+
+The `%GSMpck_makeFCMPcode()` macro is an internal macro of 
+the **GSM** (a.k.a. *Generate Secure Macros*) package. 
+
+It executes a process of converting 
+a macro provided by the user into
+a Proc FCMP function. 
+
+Since encrypted code is stored in a SAS dataset it has
+no limitation in sharing between operating systems (like catalogs have).
+
+*Limitation:* Single macro file cannot be longer than 32760 bytes.
+
+### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
+
+The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%GSMpck_makeFCMPcode( 
+   path
+  ,number
+ <,outlib=work.generateMacros.secure>
+ <,source2=>
+ <,fileNameCode=FNC>
+ <,secret=123456789>
+ <,lineEnd=0A>
+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Arguments description**:
+
+1. `path`         - *Required*, indicates a directory which contains files with macros.
+                    Only files with `sas` extension are used.
+
+2. `number`       - *Required*, a sequential number.
+
+
+* `cmplib=`       - *Optional*, the default value is `work.generateMacros`. 
+                    Names the dataset which will contain generated functions. 
+
+* `source2=`      - *Optional*, the default value is null. 
+                    Indicate if `%includ`-ed files are printed out.
+                    Any value other than null enables printing.
+
+* `fileNameCode=` - *Optional*, the default value is `FNC`.
+                    Internal fileref.
+
+* `secret=`       - *Optional*, internal, the default value is `1234567890`.
+                    Alphanumerical constant required to execute the `resolve()`
+                    function. User who do not know the value will not be able
+                    to run the `_maxro_XX_()` function.
+
+* `lineEnd=`      - *Optional*, the default value is `0D0A`, indicates which of:
+                    line feed, carriage return, or both, or a space be inserted 
+                    at the end of line in the intermediate code file that is generated.
+                    Value has to be hexadecimal code (_NOT_ null),
+                    since the value is resolved as `"&lineEnd."x`, so use e.g.
+                    `0A` for line feed, `0D` for carriage return, 
+                    `0D0A` for both, and `20` for space.
+
+* `trim=`          - *Deprecated*, the default value is `0`.
+                     *Kept for backward compatibility.*
+
+---
+
+
+## License ####################################################################
+
+Copyright (c) Bartosz Jablonski, since 2021
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+---

packages/macroarray.md

@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
   * [`%do_over3()` macro](#do-over3-macro)
   * [`%make_do_over()` macro](#make-do-over-macro)
   * [`%mcHashTable()` macro](#mchashtable-macro)
+  * [`%mcDictionary()` macro](#mcdictionary-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. 1.2.6] <a name="macroarray-package"></a> ###############################################
 
-The **macroArray** package implements a macro array facility:
+The **macroArray** package implements a macroarray facility:
 - `%array()`,
 - `%do_over()`,
 - `%make_do_over()`,
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ The **macroArray** package implements a macro array facility:
 - `%appendcell()`,
 - `%mcHashTable()`,
 - `%zipArrays()`,
+- `%sortMacroArray()`,
+- `%mcDictionary()`,
 - etc.
 
 The set of macros, which emulates classic
@@ -61,15 +66,19 @@ Package contains:
   7.   macro      do_over2 
   8.   macro      do_over3 
   9.   macro      make_do_over 
-  10.  macro      mchashtable 
+  10.  macro      mcdictionary 
+  11.  macro      mchashtable 
+  12.  macro      qziparrays 
+  13.  macro      sortmacroarray 
+  14.  macro      ziparrays 
 
 Required SAS Components: 
   *Base SAS Software*
 
-*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20210109.*
+*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20231123*
 
 The SHA256 hash digest for package macroArray: 
-`42E87B80450B3E1AD462B9B63B41F34C83B7745AA0F98C3CA72AA19F3B1FF10E`
+`F*3F3893F1FCD78719543703E4353F4CC19811D247C016F220FF729B283C1AD790`
 
 ---
 # Content description ############################################################################################
@@ -235,7 +244,7 @@ The code of a macro was inspired by
 
 The `%array()` macro version provided in the package 
 is designed to facilitate 
-the idea of macro array concept, i.e. *a list of 
+the idea of macroarray concept, i.e. *a list of 
 macrovariables with common prefix and numerical suffixes*.
 Usually such construction is then resolved by 
 double ampersand syntax, e.g. `&&perfix&i` or similar one.
@@ -244,7 +253,7 @@ What is new/extension to the `%array()` macro concept are:
 
 0. The syntax is closer to the data step one.
 1. It is a pure macro code (it can be executed in any place 
-   of 4GL code), this includes generating macro arrays out 
+   of 4GL code), this includes generating macroarrays out 
    of datasets. 
 2. When a macroarrray is created it allows also to generate
    a new macro (named the same as the array name) and replace 
@@ -269,6 +278,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
   <,macarray=N>
   <,ds=>
   <,vars=>
+  <,q=>
 )
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -303,8 +313,8 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
                     `%array(myArr[*] x1-x3 (4:6), vnames=Y)`
                   will use `x1`, `x2`, and `x3` as values instead `4`, `5`, and `6`.
 
-* `macarray=N` -  *Optional*, default value `N`, if set to `Y`/`YES` then macro named with array 
-                  name is compiled to create convenient envelope for multiple ampersands, e.g. 
+* `macarray=N` -  *Optional*, default value `N`, if set to `Y`/`YES` then a macro, named with the array 
+                  name, is compiled to create convenient envelope for multiple ampersands, e.g. 
                     `%array(myArr[*] x1-x3 (4:6), macarray=Y)` 
                   will create `%myArr(J)` macro which will allow to extract "data" 
                   from macroarray like: 
@@ -316,8 +326,8 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
                   macrovariables with prefix like the array name and numeric suffixes, 
                   then the minimum and the maximum index is determined
                   and all not existing global macrovariables are created and
-                  a macro is generated in the same way as for the `Y` value
-                  
+                  a macro is generated in the same way as for the `Y` value.
+
 * `ds=` -        *Optional*, use a dataset as a basis for a macroarray data, 
                  if used by default overwrites use of the `array` parameter, honors `macarray=` 
                  argument, dataset options are allowed, e.g. `sashelp.class(obs=5)`
@@ -334,23 +344,28 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
                   2) macroarray "WEIGHT" with ALL(no separator is equivalent to #) 
                      values of variable "weight" <br>
                   3) macroarray "W" with UNIQUE(|) values of variable "weight" and <br>
-                  4) macroarray "AGE" with UNIQUE(|) values of variable "age",
-
+                  4) macroarray "AGE" with UNIQUE(|) values of variable "age".
+
+* `q=` -        *Optional*, indicates (when set to `1` or '2') if the value should be surrounded by quotes.
+                It uses `quote(cats(...))` combo under the hood. Default value is `0`.
+                Value `1` is for apostrophes, value `2` is for double quotes.
+                Ignored for `macarray=M`.
 
 
+---
  
 ### EXAMPLES AND USECASES: ####################################################
 
 
 **EXAMPLE 1.** Basic use-case. 
-    Creating macroarray like in the array statement;
-    values are used by default;
-    different types of brackets are allowed;
+    Creating macroarray like in the array statement.
+    Values not variables names are used by default.
+    Different types of brackets are allowed.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
   %array(a[*] x1-x5 (1:5))
 
-  %array(b{5} (5*17))
+  %array(b{5} (5*17), q=1)
 
   %* Mind the $ since it is a character array!;
   %array(c(3) $ 10 ("a A" "b,B" "c;C"))
@@ -396,7 +411,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
   %put &=g0. &=g1. &=g2.; 
 
   %* Or something more complex;
-  %array(gg[0:11] $ 11, function = put(intnx("MONTH", '1jun2018'd, _I_, "E"), yymmn.))
+  %array(gg[0:11] $ 11, function = put(intnx("MONTH", '1jun2018'd, _I_, "E"), yymmn.), q=1)
   %put &=ggLBOUND. &=ggHBOUND. &=ggN.;
   %put &=gg0 &=gg1 &=gg2 ... &=gg11;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -424,10 +439,10 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-**EXAMPLE 6a.** "Uppercas Letters"
+**EXAMPLE 6a.** Quoted "Uppercas Letters"
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
-  %array(UL[26] $, function = byte(rank("A")+_I_-1) )
+  %array(UL[26] $, function = byte(rank("A")+_I_-1) , q=1)
   %put &=UL1 &=UL2 ... &=UL25 &=UL26;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -442,7 +457,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
 
   %* The range handling, warning;
   %put *%ll(265)*;
-
+ 
   %* The input mode; 
   %put *before:*%ll(2)*;
   %let %ll(2,I) = bbbbb;
@@ -567,10 +582,10 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
     Currently the only separator in VARS is a space.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
-  %array(ds = sashelp.class, vars = height#h weight weight|w age|)
+  %array(ds = sashelp.class, vars = height#h weight weight|w age|, q=1)
   %put _user_;
 
-  %array(ds = sashelp.class, vars = height#hght weight weight|wght age|, macarray=Y)
+  %array(ds = sashelp.class, vars = height#hght weight weight|wght age|, macarray=Y, q=1)
   %put *%hght(&hghtLBOUND.)**%weight(2)**%wght(&wghtHBOUND.)**%age(3)*;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -590,7 +605,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
   %let myTest6 = 16;
   %let myTest9 = 19;
   
-  %array(myTest, macarray=M)
+  %array(myTest, macarray=M, q=1)
   %do_over(myTest, phrase = %nrstr(%put *&_I_.*%myTest(&_I_.)*;))
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -1196,7 +1211,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
 1. `H`      - *Required*, a hash table macro name and a declaration/definition, 
               e.g. `mcHashTable(HT)`. It names a macro which is generated by
               the `%mcHashTable()` macro. Provided name cannot be empty 
-              or an underscore (`_`). No longer than *16* characters.
+              or an underscore (`_`). No longer than *10* characters.
 
 2. `METHOD` - *Optional*, if empty (or DECLARE or DCL) then the code of 
               a macro hash table is compiled.
@@ -1204,7 +1219,7 @@ The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
               macrovariables named like "`&H._`" are deleted.
 
 * `HASH=`   - *Optional*, indicates which hashing algorithms should be used,
-              available values are `CRC32` or `MD5`, the `CRC32` is the default.  
+              available values are `CRC32` or `MD5`, the `CRC32` is the default. 
 
 ---
 
@@ -1385,7 +1400,7 @@ See examples below to see use cases.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-**EXAMPLE 2.** Populate macro hash table from a dataset.
+**EXAMPLE 3.** Populate macro hash table from a dataset.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 %mcHashTable(CLASS)
@@ -1413,7 +1428,7 @@ run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-**EXAMPLE 3.** Data portion may require quoting and un-quoting..
+**EXAMPLE 4.** Data portion may require quoting and un-quoting..
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 %mcHashTable(CODE)
@@ -1430,7 +1445,7 @@ run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-**EXAMPLE 4.** Longer lists.
+**EXAMPLE 5.** Longer lists.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 %let size = 1000;
@@ -1503,7 +1518,7 @@ run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-**EXAMPLE 5.** Forbidden names.
+**EXAMPLE 6.** Forbidden names.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 %mcHashTable()
@@ -1513,7 +1528,7 @@ run;
 %mcHashTable(ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP)  %* good;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-**EXAMPLE 5.** Hashing algorithms.
+**EXAMPLE 7.** Hashing algorithms.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 %mcHashTable(H1,DCL,HASH=MD5)
@@ -1522,11 +1537,338 @@ run;
 
 ---
 
+## >>> `%mcDictionary()` macro: <<< <a name="mcdictionary-macro"></a> #######################
+
+The `%mcDictionary()` macro provided in the package 
+is designed to facilitate the idea of a "macro dictionary" 
+concept, i.e. *a list of macrovariables with common prefix 
+and suffixes generated as a hash digest* which allows 
+to use values other than integers as indexes.
+
+The `%mcDictionary()` macro allows to generate other macros 
+which behaves like a dictionary. See examples below.
+
+The `%mcDictionary()` macro executes like a pure macro code.
+
+### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
+
+The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%mcDictionary(
+   H
+  <,METHOD>
+  <,DS=>
+  <,K=Key>
+  <,D=Data>
+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Arguments description**:
+
+1. `H`      - *Required*, a dictionary macro name and a declaration/definition, 
+              e.g. `mcDictionary(HT)`. It names a macro which is generated by
+              the `%mcDictionary()` macro. Provided name cannot be empty 
+              or an underscore (`_`). No longer than *13* characters.
+
+2. `METHOD` - *Optional*, if empty (or DECLARE or DCL) then the code of 
+              a macro dictionary is compiled.
+              If `DELETE` then the macro dictionary named by `H` and all 
+              macrovariables named like "`&H._`" are deleted.
+
+* `DS=`     - *Optional*, if NOT empty then the `&DS.` dataset is used to 
+              populate dictionary with keys from variable `&K.` and data
+              from variable `&D.` Works only during declaration.
+
+* `K=`      - *Optional*, if the `&DS.` is NOT empty then `&K.` holds a name of
+              a variable which keeps or an expression which generates keys values. 
+              Default is `Key`.
+
+* `D=`      - *Optional*, if the `&DS.` is NOT empty then `&D.` holds a name of
+              a variable which keeps or an expression which generates data values. 
+              Default is `Data`.
+
+---
+
+### THE CREATED MACRO `%&H.()`: ####################################################
+
+The created macro imitates behaviour of a dictionary. 
+
+The basic syntax is the following, the `<...>` means optional parameters:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%&H.(
+  METHOD
+  <,KEY=> 
+  <,DATA=>
+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Arguments description**:
+
+1. `METHOD` - *Required*, indicate what behaviour should be executed. 
+              Allowed values are:
+                - `ADD`, adds key and data portion to the macro dictionary,
+                   *multiple data portions* are NOT available for one key.
+                - `FIND`, tests if given key exists in the macro dictionary
+                   and, if yes, returns data value associated with the key.
+                   For multiple data portions see the `data=` parameter.
+                - `CHECK`, returns indicator if the key exists in dictionary.
+                - `DEL`, removes key and data portion from the macro dictionary.
+                - `LIST`, prints out a dictionary to the log. 
+                - `CLEAR` removes all data and keys values.
+
+* `KEY=`    - *Optional*, provides key value for `ADD`, `FIND`, `CHECK`
+              and `DEL` methods. 
+              Leading and trimming spaces are removed from the value.
+              The `MD5(...)` function is used to generate the hash.
+              Default value is `_`.
+
+* `DATA=`   - *Optional*, provides data value for the `ADD` method. 
+              Default value is blank.
+
+
+When macro is executed and when data are added the following types of 
+*global* macrovariables are created:
+- `&H._########_K`,
+- `&H._########_V`,
+- `&H._KEYSNUM`.
+
+The `#` represents value generated by the `MD5(...)` function for the given key.
+
+The first type keeps information about the key.
+
+The second type keeps information about the value of a given key
+
+The third type keeps the number of unique values of the key.
+
+See examples below to see use cases.
+
+---
+
+### EXAMPLES AND USECASES: ####################################################
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 1.** Basic use-case. 
+  Creating macro dictionary, macro `Dict` is generated.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%mcDictionary(Dict)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Add elements to the `Dict`.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%Dict(ADD,key=x,data=17)
+%Dict(ADD,key=y y,data=42)
+%Dict(ADD,key=z z z,data=303)
+
+%put _user_;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Add some duplicates for the key x. 
+  See macrovariables created.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%Dict(ADD,key=x,data=18) 
+
+%put _user_;
+
+%Dict(ADD,key=x,data=19)
+
+%put _user_;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Check for the key `x` and non existing key `t`.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%put ##%Dict(CHECK,key=x)##;
+%put ##%Dict(CHECK,key=t)##;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Prints data values for various keys.
+  Key `t` does not exist in the macrodictionary.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%put #%Dict(FIND,key=x)#;
+%put #%Dict(FIND,key=y y)#;
+%put #%Dict(FIND,key=z z z)#;
+%put #%Dict(FIND,key=t)#;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  List dictionary content to the log.
+  
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%Dict(LIST);
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Delete keys.
+  Key `t` does not exist in the macrodictionary.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%put #%Dict(DEL,key=z z z)#;
+%put _user_;
+%put #%Dict(DEL,key=t)#;
+%put _user_;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  Clear and delete macro dictionary `Dict`.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%Dict(CLEAR)
+%put _user_;
+
+%mcDictionary(Dict,DELETE)
+%put _user_;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 2A.** Populate macro dictionary from a dataset "by hand".
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%mcDictionary(CLASS)
+%let t = %sysfunc(datetime());
+data _null_;
+  set sashelp.class;
+  call execute('%CLASS(ADD,key=' !! name !! ',data=' !! age !! ')');
+run;
+%put t = %sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &t.);
+%put &=Class_KEYSNUM.;
+%put _user_;
+%CLASS(CLEAR)
+
+
+%mcDictionary(CARS)
+%let t = %sysfunc(datetime());
+data _null_;
+  set sashelp.cars(obs=42);
+  call execute('%CARS(ADD,key=' !! catx("|",make,model,type)  !! ',data=' !! put(MPG_CITY*10,dollar10.2) !! ')');
+run;
+%put t = %sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &t.);
+%put &=CARS_KEYSNUM.;
+%CARS(LIST);
+
+%put %CARS(F,key=Audi|TT 3.2 coupe 2dr (convertible)|Sports);
+
+%CARS(CLEAR)
+%put &=CARS_KEYSNUM.;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 2B.** Populate macro dictionary from a dataset "automatically".
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%let t = %sysfunc(datetime());
+%mcDictionary(CLASS,DCL,DS=sashelp.class,k=name,d=_N_)
+%put t = %sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &t.);
+%put &=CLASS_KEYSNUM.;
+%put _user_;
+%CLASS(CLEAR)
+
+
+%let t = %sysfunc(datetime());
+%mcDictionary(CARS,DCL,DS=sashelp.cars(obs=42),k=catx("|",make,model,type),d=put(MPG_CITY*10,dollar10.2))
+%put t = %sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &t.);
+%put &=CARS_KEYSNUM.;
+%CARS(LIST);
+
+%put %CARS(F,key=Audi|TT 3.2 coupe 2dr (convertible)|Sports);
+
+%CARS(CLEAR)
+%put &=CARS_KEYSNUM.;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 3.** Data portion may require quoting and un-quoting.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%mcDictionary(CODE)
+%CODE(CLEAR)
+%CODE(ADD,key=data, data=%str(data test; x = 42; run;))
+%CODE(ADD,key=proc, data=%str(proc print; run;))
+%CODE(ADD,key=macro,data=%nrstr(%put *1*2*3*4*;))
+
+%CODE(FIND,key=data)
+%CODE(FIND,key=proc) 
+%unquote(%CODE(FIND,key=macro))
+
+%CODE(LIST);
+
+%mcDictionary(CODE,DELETE)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 4.** Longer lists.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%let size = 1000;
+
+%mcDictionary(AAA)
+
+%let t = %sysfunc(datetime());
+data _null_;
+  do i = 1 to &size.;
+    call execute(cats('%AAA(ADD,key=A', i, ',data=', i, ')'));
+  end;
+run;
+%put t = %sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &t.);
+%put %AAA(F,key=A555) %AAA(CHECK,key=A555);
+%put &=AAA_KEYSNUM;
+%AAA(CLEAR)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 5.** Forbidden names.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+%mcDictionary()
+%mcDictionary(_)
+
+%mcDictionary(ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ) %* bad;
+%mcDictionary(ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP)  %* good;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+**EXAMPLE 6.** More fun with datasets.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+
+data work.metadata;
+  input key :$16. data :$128.;
+cards;
+ID ABC-123-XYZ
+path /path/to/study/data
+cutoffDT 2023-01-01
+startDT 2020-01-01
+endDT 2024-12-31
+MedDRA v26.0
+;
+run;
+proc print;
+run;
+
+%mcDictionary(Study,dcl,DS=work.metadata)
+
+%put _user_;
+
+%put *%Study(F,key=ID)**%Study(C,key=ID)*;
+
+title1 "Study %Study(F,key=ID) is located at %Study(F,key=path)";
+title2 "it starts %Study(F,key=startDT) and ends %Study(F,key=endDT)";
+footnote "MedDRA version: %Study(F,key=MedDRA)";
+
+proc print data=sashelp.class(obs=7);
+run;
+
+title; 
+footnote;
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+---
+
 ## >>> `%QzipArrays()` macro: <<< <a name="qziparrays-macro"></a> #######################  
 
 The zipArrays() and QzipArrays() macros
 allow to use a function on elements of pair of 
-macro arrays. 
+macroarrays. 
 
 For two macroarrays the corresponding 
 elements are taken and the macro applies a function, provided by user, 
@@ -1637,7 +1979,7 @@ See examples in `%zipArrays()` help for the details.
 
 The zipArrays() and QzipArrays() macros
 allow to use a function on elements of pair of 
-macro arrays. 
+macroarrays. 
 
 For two macroarrays the corresponding 
 elements are taken and the macro applies a function, provided by user, 
@@ -1833,6 +2175,92 @@ 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 macroarray. 
+
+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

packages/sqlinds.md

@@ -1,29 +1,48 @@
-- [The SQLinDS package [ver. 2.2]](#sqlinds-package)
-- [Content description](#content-description)
-  * [library `dsSQL`](#library-dssql)
-  * [`%dsSQL_inner()` macro](#dssql-inner-macro)
-  * [`%SQL()` macro](#dssql-inner-macro)
-  * [`dsSQL()` function](#dssql-function)
-  * [License](#license)
+# Documentation for the `SQLinDS` package.
+  
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+ *SQL queries in Data Step* 
+  
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+### Version information:
+  
+- Package: SQLinDS
+- Version: 2.3.1
+- Generated: 2025-11-22T12:47:32
+- Author(s): Mike Rhoads (RhoadsM1@Westat.com), contributor Bartosz Jablonski
+- Maintainer(s): Bartosz Jablonski (yabwon@gmail.com)
+- License: MIT
+- File SHA256: `F*606A24A2A6B06DAAD2D443FA9A9819D9564235A5CD8599FD15586F1EFFCB41BC` for this version
+- Content SHA256: `C*4CCCF31DA9D94E0EE2DA612724D395056B7BA07CB593C93947835BB8319B33EB` for this version
   
 ---
+ 
+# The `SQLinDS` package, version: `2.3.1`;
+  
+---
+ 
 
-# The SQLinDS package [ver. 2.2] <a name="sqlinds-package"></a> ###############################################
+### The SQLinDS package [ver. 2.3.1]
 
 The **SQLinDS** package is an implementation of 
 the *macro-function-sandwich* concept introduced in the 
 *"Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros"*,
 the article by *Mike Rhoads (Westat, Rockville)*.
 
-Copy of the article is available at:
+The article is available at:
 [https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/004-2012.pdf](https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/004-2012.pdf)
 
+Copy of the article can also be found in *additional content* directory.
+
 Package provides ability to *execute* SQL queries inside a data step, e.g.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
   data class;
-    set %SQL(select * from sashelp.class);
+    set %SQL(select name, age from sashelp.class);
   run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 See the help for the `%SQL()` macro to find more examples. 
 
 ### Content ###################################################################
@@ -32,76 +51,113 @@ SQLinDS package contains the following components:
 
 1. `%SQL()` macro - the main package macro available for the User
 2. `dsSQL()` function (internal)
-3. `%dsSQL_inner()` macro (internal) 
+3. `%dsSQL_inner()` macro (internal)
 4. Library `DSSQL` (created as a subdirectory of the `WORK` library)
+5. Optional KMF-abbreviations `sqlinds`
 
 ---
 
-Package contains: 
-1.   libname    dssql 
-2.   macro      dssql_inner 
-3.   macro      sql 
-4.   function   dssql 
-
+  
+---
+ 
+  
+---
+ 
 Required SAS Components: 
-  *Base SAS Software*
-
-*SAS package generated by generatePackage, version 20210109*
-
-The SHA256 hash digest for package SQLinDS: 
-`3034A0C8AC43683AD55698861DBBDEBDE6FC8567D59ECF2BB5F3389FE6BC8062` 
-
+  - Base SAS Software
+  
 ---
-# Content description ############################################################################################
-
-
-## >>> library `dsSQL`: <<< <a name="library-dssql"></a> ########################
-
+ 
+  
+---
+ 
+Package contains additional content, run:  `%loadPackageAddCnt(SQLinDS)`  to load it
+or look for the `sqlinds_AdditionalContent` directory in the `packages` fileref
+localization (only if additional content was deployed during the installation process).
+ 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+*SAS package generated by SAS Package Framework, version `20251122`,*
+*under `WIN`(`X64_10PRO`) operating system,*
+*using SAS release: `9.04.01M9P06042025`.*
+ 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+# The `SQLinDS` package content
+The `SQLinDS` package consists of the following content:
+ 
+1. [`dssql` libname ](#dssql-libname-1 )
+2. [`%dssql_inner()` macro ](#dssqlinner-macro-2 )
+3. [`%sql()` macro ](#sql-macro-3 )
+4. [`dssql()` function ](#dssql-function-4 )
+5. [`sqlinds` kmfsnip ](#sqlinds-kmfsnip-5 )
+  
+ 
+6. [License note](#license)
+  
+---
+ 
+## `dssql` libname <a name="dssql-libname-1"></a> ######
+ 
 The `dsSQL` library stores temporary views 
 generated during the `%SQL()` macro execution.
 
-If possible a subdirectory of the `WORK` location is created, like: 
+If possible a sub-directory of the `WORK` location is created, like: 
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 LIBNAME dsSQL BASE "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/dsSQLtmp";
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 if not possible, then redirects to the `WORK` location, like:
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 LIBNAME dsSQL BASE "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))"; 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 ---
 
+  
+---
+ 
+## `%dssql_inner()` macro <a name="dssqlinner-macro-2"></a> ######
+ 
+The `%dsSQL_Inner()` macro is an **internal** 
+macro called by `dsSQL()` function.
 
-
-## >>> `%dsSQL_Inner()` macro: <<< <a name="dssql-inner-macro"></a> #############
-
-**Internal** macro called by `dsSQL()` function.
 The macro generates a uniquely named SQL view on the fly
 which is then stored in the `dsSQL` library.
 
+The `%dsSQL_Inner()` is *not* designed to be 
+called on its own. 
+ 
 Recommended for *SAS 9.3* and higher. 
 
 ---
 
-
-
-## >>> `%SQL()` macro: <<< <a name="dssql-macro"></a> ###########################
-
-The **main** macro which allows to use 
-SQL queries in the data step.
-
+  
+---
+ 
+## `%sql()` macro <a name="sql-macro-3"></a> ######
+ 
+The `%SQL()` macro is the **main** 
+macro in the package. The macro allows 
+to use SQL queries in the data step.
+ 
 Recommended for *SAS 9.3* and higher.
-
-Based on the article *"Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros"*
+ 
+Implementation is based on the article: 
+*"Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros"*
 by *Mike Rhoads* (Westat, Rockville), available at:
 [https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/004-2012.pdf](https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/004-2012.pdf)
 
+Copy of the article can also be found in *additional content* directory.
+
 ### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
-%sql(<nonempty sql querry code>)
+%sql(<nonempty Proc SQL query code>)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The sql query code is limited to *32000* bytes.
+The THE query code is limited to approximately *32000* bytes.
 
 ### EXAMPLES: #################################################################
 
@@ -115,26 +171,34 @@ run;
 **EXAMPLE 2**: query with dataset options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 data renamed;
-  set %SQL(select * from sashelp.class where sex = "F")(rename = (age=age2));
+  set %SQL(select name, age from sashelp.class 
+           where sex = "F")(rename = (age=age2)
+           );
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-**EXAMPLE 3**: dictionaries in the data step
+**EXAMPLE 3**: Proc SQL dictionaries in the data step
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 data dictionary;
-  set %SQL(select * from dictionary.macros);
+  set %SQL(select dict.* from dictionary.macros as dict);
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ---
 
-
+  
+---
  
-## >>> `dsSQL()` function: <<< <a name="dssql-function"></a> ####################
+## `dssql()` function <a name="dssql-function-4"></a> ######
+ 
+The `dsSQL()` function is an **internal** 
+function called by the `%SQL()` macro.
 
-**Internal** function called by the `%SQL()` macro.
-The function pass a query code from the `%SQL()`
+The function pass a query code from the `%SQL()` 
 macro to the `%dsSQL_Inner()` internal macro.
 
+The `dsSQL()` is *not* designed to be 
+called on its own. 
+
 Recommended for *SAS 9.3* and higher. 
 
 ### SYNTAX: ###################################################################
@@ -150,8 +214,27 @@ dsSQL(unique_index_2, query)
 
 ---
 
-## License ####################################################################
+  
+---
+ 
+## `sqlinds` kmfsnip <a name="sqlinds-kmfsnip-5"></a> ######
+This is a help note for `sqlinds` KMF-abbreviation.
 
+The snippet presents a template 
+for use of the `%SQL()` macro.
+
+To read help info about the macro 
+run he following:
+`%helpPackage(SQLinDS,'%sql()')`
+
+  
+---
+ 
+  
+---
+ 
+# License <a name="license"></a> ######
+ 
 Copyright (c) 2012 Mike Rhoads
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
@@ -171,5 +254,6 @@ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
-
+  
 ---
+