SAS Packages Framework, version 20251017

SAS Packages Framework, version 20251017 Changes: - New parameters `workInTestResults=` and `testWorkPath=` added to the `%generatePackage()` macro. - Documentation updated.
The BasePlus package [ver. 3.0.0]
2025-12-11 03:04:35 +00:00 · 2025-10-19 21:36:03 +02:00 · 2025-10-15 10:23:42 +02:00 · 2025-10-13 10:02:21 +02:00 · 2025-10-13 09:41:54 +02:00 · 2025-10-02 11:03:01 +02:00
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 MIT License

-Copyright (c) 2019 - 2023 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
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
-# SAS_PACKAGES - a SAS Packages Framework
+# 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. 
+In this repository we are presenting the **SAS Packages Framework** - a tool that allows to develop and use SAS packages. 
+
+Don't forget to give the repository a **STAR** and become [stargazer](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/stargazers)! :-)

-Don't forget to **STAR** (:star:) the repository! :-)

 ---

 ### Current version:

-**The latest version** of SPF is **`20240529`**.  
+**The latest version** of the **SAS Packages Framework** is **`20251017`**.

-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).
+---

-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")
+## 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:

@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ Videos presenting the SPF and packages, from various conferences and meetups (th
  - ["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:
@@ -45,30 +53,36 @@ 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) The latest [video](https://youtu.be/T52Omisi0dk&t=0s) explaining the idea.
+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).
+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!
+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)!

 ---

-### The User:
+### 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`.
+- 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.

-Then either:
+#### 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.
@@ -84,7 +98,11 @@ filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";         /* setup directory
 %loadPackage(packageName)                                     /* load the package content into the SAS session */
 ```

-or if you need it just for "one time" only:
+---
+
+#### Automatic (one-time-only) installation 
+
+If you need it just for "one time" only, e.g., for test if you like it:

 - Execute: 

@@ -98,9 +116,13 @@ filename SPFinit url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main
 %loadPackage(packageName)    /* load the package content into the SAS session */
 ```

-or do it pragmatically:
+---

- Enable the framework [first time only]:
+#### 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";
@@ -121,7 +143,7 @@ filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";
 %installPackage(SPFinit) /* install the framework */
 ```

- From now on run it like this:
+- From now on, just like you would assign libraries, run the SPF and use packages like this:

 ```sas
 filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";
@@ -134,16 +156,20 @@ filename packages "<directory/containing/packages/>";

 ---

-The "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. 
+[**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>

 ---

-### The Developer:
+---

-To create your own package:
+### 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.

@@ -155,6 +181,8 @@ To create your own package:

 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!
@@ -163,6 +191,10 @@ The SAS Packages Framework [(short) documentation](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS

 ### 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"))**.
@@ -190,12 +222,15 @@ The SAS Packages Framework [(short) documentation](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS
 ---

 ## Where the SAS Packages Framework is used:
+
 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 (:star:)](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/stargazers)** so more people will know.
+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.

 ---

@@ -215,32 +250,32 @@ Packages:

 - **SQLinDS**

-  [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")

  [SQLinDS in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/sqlinds "SQLinDS in SASPAC")


 - **DFA** (Dynamic Function Arrays)

-  [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")

  [DFA in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/dfa "DFA in SASPAC")

 - **macroArray**

-  [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")

  [MacroArray in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/macroarray "MacroArray in SASPAC")

 - **BasePlus**

-  [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")

  [BasePlus in SASPAC](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus "BasePlus in SASPAC")

 - **GSM** (Generate Secure Macros)

-  [Documentation for GSM](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/gsm.md "Documentation for GSM")
+  [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")

--- a/SPF/Documentation/Paper_012-SESUG2025.pdf
+++ b/SPF/Documentation/Paper_012-SESUG2025.pdf
--- a/SPF/Documentation/Paper_SM01-PHUSEEU2024.pdf
+++ b/SPF/Documentation/Paper_SM01-PHUSEEU2024.pdf
--- a/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)
+++ b/SPF/Documentation/SAS(r)
--- a/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo.pdf
+++ b/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo.pdf
--- a/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo.png
+++ b/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo.png
--- a/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo1200x770.png
+++ b/SPF/Logo/SPFlogo1200x770.png
--- a/SPF/Macros/extendpackagesfileref.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/extendpackagesfileref.sas
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             when empty the "packages" value is used */
 )/secure
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20240529. Run %extendPackagesFileref(HELP) for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20251017. Run %extendPackagesFileref(HELP) for help info.'
 ;

 %if %QUPCASE(&packages.) = HELP %then
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20240529
    %put ###       This is short help information for the `extendPackagesFileref` macro            #;
    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
    %put #                                                                                         #;
-    %put # Macro to list directories pointed by 'packages' fileref, version `20240529`             #;
+    %put # Macro to list directories pointed by 'packages' fileref, version `20251017`             #;
    %put #                                                                                         #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                          #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                  #;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20240529
    %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 #                                                                                         #;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ des = 'Macro to list directories pointed by "packages" fileref, version 20240529
    %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  %nrstr( %%include packages(SPFinit.sas);                %%* enable the framework;                  );
    %put  ;
    %put  %nrstr( filename packages ("D:/NEW_DIR" %%extendPackagesFileref()); %%* add new directory;        );
    %put ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
--- a/SPF/Macros/generatepackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/generatepackage.sas
--- a/SPF/Macros/helppackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/helppackage.sas
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                                        */
 )/secure
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20251017. Run %helpPackage() for help info.'
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
  %do;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
    %put ###       This is short help information for the `helpPackage` macro            #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to get help about SAS packages, version `20240529`                      #;
+    %put # Macro to get help about SAS packages, version `20251017`                      #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -120,18 +121,20 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
  %end;

  /* local variables for options */
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;

  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
-  data _null_; call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+  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_;
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
    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."));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
      if exists then leave;
    end;
    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()

  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
-    "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-        "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
        ENCODING =
          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
                                            %else utf8 ;
@@ -170,7 +173,8 @@ des = 'Macro to get help about SAS package, version 20240529. Run %helpPackage()
  %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.;
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;

 %ENDofhelpPackage:
 %mend helpPackage;
--- a/SPF/Macros/installpackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/installpackage.sas
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*+installPackage+*/
-/* Macros to install SAS packages, version 20240529  */
+/* Macros to install SAS packages, version 20251017  */
 /* 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
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
 , 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 20240529. Run %%installPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20251017. Run %%installPackage() for help info.'
 ;
 %if (%superq(packagesNames) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packagesNames.) = HELP) %then
  %do;
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %put ###       This is short help information for the `installPackage` macro                      #;
    %put #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
    %put #                                                                                            #;
-    %put # Macro to install SAS packages, version `20240529`                                          #;
+    %put # Macro to install SAS packages, version `20251017`                                          #;
    %put #                                                                                            #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                             #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                     #;
@@ -70,21 +74,23 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %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` indicates:                                                     #;
-    %put #                   `https://github.com/SASPAC/`                                             #;
+    %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 #                    `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main`            #;
    %put #                   Value `2` indicates:                                                     #;
-    %put #                   `https://pages.mini.pw.edu.pl/~jablonskib/SASpublic/SAS_PACKAGES`        #;
+    %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 available only if `mirror=0` is set.              #;
+    %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 version                      #;
+    %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                #;
+    %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.           #;
@@ -101,10 +107,26 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %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 #                                                                                            #;
@@ -129,7 +151,7 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %put #                                                                                            #;
    %put #   Enabling the SAS Package Framework                                                       #;
    %put #   from the local directory and installing & loading                                        #;
-    %put #   the multiple packages from the Internet.                                                 #; 
+    %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.                                             #;
@@ -149,7 +171,7 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
  %end;

  /* local variables for options */ 
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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));
@@ -158,8 +180,9 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;

  /*
  Reference:
@@ -175,40 +198,83 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
      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;
+      %local SPFinitMirror SPFinitMirrorMD;
      /* the defaults are: */
-      %let SPFinitMirror = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/main/SPF/SPFinit.sas;
+      %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 sourcePath = https://github.com/SASPAC/; /*usercontent*/
+          %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 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 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 SPFinitMirror   = &sourcePath.SPFinit.sas;
+      %let SPFinitMirrorMD = &sourcePath.SPFinit.md;
    %end;

  %local i str;
@@ -225,7 +291,7 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
  
  %if %length("%sysfunc(compress(%superq(str),[,k))") NE %length("%sysfunc(compress(%superq(str),],k))") %then
    %do;
-      %put ERROR: Syntax error in list of packages!;
+      %put ERROR: Syntax error in the provided list of packages!;
      %put ERROR- %superq(packagesNames);
      %goto packagesListError;
    %end;
@@ -233,6 +299,10 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
  %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;
@@ -244,17 +314,20 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %let vers=;
    %if %superq(versB) ne %then %let vers = &versB.;
    %if %superq(versA) ne %then %let vers = &versA.;
-    %if -1 = &mirror %then /* ignore version when direct path is provided */
+    %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 *** %lowcase(&packageName.) start *****************************************;
-    %local in out _IOFileref_;
-    data _null_; call symputX("_IOFileref_", put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+    %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.); */

@@ -264,29 +337,48 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
        /* 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 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;
-        
-        filename &in URL 
+        %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    
+        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 0 = %superq(mirror) %then
+        %if %superq(mirror) IN (0 3 4) %then /* SASPAC or PharmaForest or an arbitrary GitHub repo */
          %do;
-            %let packageSubDir = %lowcase(&packageName.)/raw/main/;
+            %let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/raw/main/;
            
            %if %superq(vers) ne %then
              %do;
-                /*%let packageSubDir = %lowcase(&packageName.)/main/hist/&version./;*/
-                %let packageSubDir = %lowcase(&packageName.)/raw/&vers./;
+                /*%let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/main/hist/&version./;*/
+                %let packageSubDir = %sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))/raw/&vers./;
              %end;
          %end;
-        filename &in URL "&sourcePath.&packageSubDir.%lowcase(&packageName.).zip" 
+        %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."
@@ -294,7 +386,17 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
          %end;
        &URLoptions.
        recfm=N lrecl=1;
-        filename &out    "&firstPackagesPath./%lowcase(&packageName.).zip" 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;
@@ -304,12 +406,21 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
    %local installationRC;
    %let installationRC=1;
    data _null_;
-      length filein 8 out_path in_path $ 4096;
+      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", 'S', 1, 'B');
+      filein = fopen(in_ref, 'S', 1, 'B');
      if filein = 0 then
        put "ERROR: Source file:" / 
            "ERROR- " in_path /
@@ -329,21 +440,23 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
      rc = FCLOSE(filein);
      put;

-      if FEXIST("&out") = 0 then 
+      if FEXIST(out_ref) = 0 then 
        do;
          put @2 "Installing the &packageName. package" 
            / @2 "in the &firstPackagesPath. directory.";
-          rc = FCOPY("&in", "&out");
+          rc = FCOPY(in_ref, out_ref);
+          rcTXT=sysmsg();
        end;
-      else if FEXIST("&out") = 1 then 
+      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");
-              rc = FCOPY("&in", "&out");
+              rc = FDELETE(out_ref);
+              rc = FCOPY(in_ref, out_ref);
+              rcTXT=sysmsg();
            end;
          else
            do;
@@ -352,13 +465,56 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
              rc = 1;
            end;
        end;
-        
-      put @2 "Done with return code " rc= "(zero = success)";
+      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 &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. 
@@ -372,17 +528,63 @@ des = 'Macro to install SAS package, version 20240529. Run %%installPackage() fo
                           )
        %put - Additional content loading - End -;
      %end;
-    %put *** %lowcase(&packageName.) 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.;
-
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
 %ENDofinstallPackage:
 %mend installPackage;

--- a/SPF/Macros/listpackages.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/listpackages.sas
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

  Macro to list SAS packages in packages folder. 

-  Version 20240529 
+  Version 20251017 

  A SAS package is a zip file containing a group 
  of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating 
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 *//*** HELP END ***/


-%macro listPackages()/secure PARMBUFF
-des = 'Macro to list SAS packages from `packages` fileref, type %listPackages(HELP) for help, version 20240529.'
+%macro listPackages()
+/secure PARMBUFF
+des = 'Macro to list SAS packages from `packages` fileref, type %listPackages(HELP) for help, version 20251017.'
 ;
 %if %QUPCASE(&SYSPBUFF.) = %str(%(HELP%)) %then
  %do;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ des = 'Macro to list SAS packages from `packages` fileref, type %listPackages(HE
    %put ###       This is short help information for the `listPackages` macro                     #;
    %put #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;;
    %put #                                                                                         #;
-    %put # Macro to list available SAS packages, version `20240529`                                #;
+    %put # Macro to list available SAS packages, version `20251017`                                #;
    %put #                                                                                         #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                          #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                                  #;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ des = 'Macro to list SAS packages from `packages` fileref, type %listPackages(HE
    %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 #                                                                                         #;
--- a/SPF/Macros/loadpackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/loadpackage.sas
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
 , 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 
+                                         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 20240529. Run %loadPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to load SAS package, version 20251017. Run %loadPackage() for help info.'
 minoperator
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ minoperator
    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackage` macro             #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to *load* SAS packages, version `20240529`                              #;
+    %put # Macro to *load* SAS packages, version `20251017`                              #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -110,10 +112,15 @@ minoperator
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ minoperator
    %GOTO ENDofloadPackage;
  %end;
  /* local variables for options */
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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));
@@ -167,12 +174,14 @@ minoperator
  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;

  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
-  data _null_; call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+  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_;
@@ -182,7 +191,7 @@ minoperator
    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."));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
      if exists then leave;
    end;
    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
@@ -211,9 +220,14 @@ minoperator
      %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./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;
@@ -221,21 +235,31 @@ minoperator
      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;

      /* test if required version of package is "good enough" */
-      %local rV pV;
-      %let pV = %sysfunc(compress(&packageVersion.,.,kd));
-      %let pV = %sysevalf((%scan(&pV.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
-                        + (%scan(&pV.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
-                        + (%scan(&pV.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
-      %let rV = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,.,kd));
-      %let rV = %sysevalf((%scan(&rV.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
-                        + (%scan(&rV.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
-                        + (%scan(&rV.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+      %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 %sysevalf(&rV. > &pV.) %then
+      %if NOT %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.) %then
        %do;
          %put ERROR: Package &packageName. will not be loaded!;
-          %put ERROR- Required version is &requiredVersion.;
-          %put ERROR- Provided version is &packageVersion.;
+          %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;*/
@@ -243,7 +267,7 @@ minoperator

      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-        "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
        ENCODING =
          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
                                            %else utf8 ;
@@ -278,7 +302,7 @@ minoperator
  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
-          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp.;
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;

 %ENDofloadPackage:
 %mend loadPackage;
--- a/SPF/Macros/loadpackageaddcnt.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/loadpackageaddcnt.sas
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                                         is provided in required version */
 )/secure 
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to load additional content for a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %loadPackageAddCnt() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to load additional content for a SAS package, version 20251017. Run %loadPackageAddCnt() for help info.'
 minoperator
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ minoperator
    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackageAddCnt` macro       #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to *load* additional content for a SAS package, version `20240529`      #;
+    %put # Macro to *load* additional content for a SAS package, version `20251017`      #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ minoperator
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ minoperator
    %GOTO ENDofloadPackageAddCnt;
  %end;
  /* local variables for options */
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp zip;
+  %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));
@@ -108,16 +109,16 @@ minoperator
  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;

  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
  data _null_; 
-    call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "A" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); 
-    call symputX("_TargetFileref_",  "T" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); 
+    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 */
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ minoperator
    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."));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
      if exists then leave;
    end;
    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
@@ -136,14 +137,14 @@ minoperator
  
  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
-    "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip."
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;

      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
      /* check existence of addcnt.zip inside package */
-        "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip."
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
        member='addcnt.zip'
      ;
      %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
@@ -151,27 +152,38 @@ minoperator

          /* get metadata */
          filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-            "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&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;
-          %let pV = %sysfunc(compress(&packageVersion.,.,kd));
-          %let pV = %sysevalf((%scan(&pV.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
-                            + (%scan(&pV.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
-                            + (%scan(&pV.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
-          %let rV = %sysfunc(compress(&requiredVersion.,.,kd));
-          %let rV = %sysevalf((%scan(&rV.,1,.,M)+0)*1e8
-                            + (%scan(&rV.,2,.,M)+0)*1e4
-                            + (%scan(&rV.,3,.,M)+0)*1e0);
+          %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 %sysevalf(&rV. > &pV.) %then
+          %if NOT %sysevalf(&rV. &rVsign. &pV.) %then
            %do;
              %put ERROR: Additional content for package &packageName. will not be loaded!;
-              %put ERROR- Required version is &requiredVersion.;
-              %put ERROR- Provided version is &packageVersion.;
+              %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;*/
@@ -179,7 +191,7 @@ minoperator

          /*options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;*/
          filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-            "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip."
+            "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip."
            member='addcnt.zip'
          ;
          /*********************/
@@ -187,10 +199,10 @@ minoperator
          %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_TargetFileref_.)) %then
            %do;

-              %if %sysfunc(fileexist(%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent)) %then
+              %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_.))/%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent;
+                  %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- ;
@@ -201,12 +213,12 @@ minoperator
                  /* create target location */
                  %put INFO:;
                  %put Additional content will be located in:;
-                  %put %sysfunc(dcreate(%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent,%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))));
+                  %put %sysfunc(dcreate(%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent,%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))));

-                  %if NOT (%sysfunc(fileexist(%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent))) %then
+                  %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_.))/%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent;
+                      %put ERROR- %sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent;
                      %put ERROR- Additional Content will not be loaded.;
                      %put ERROR- ;
                    %end;
@@ -225,7 +237,7 @@ minoperator

                        if fexist("in") then
                          do;
-                            rc2=filename("out", pathname("WORK")!!"/%lowcase(&packageName.)addcnt.zip", "disk", "lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+                            rc2=filename("out", pathname("WORK")!!"/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))addcnt.zip", "disk", "lrecl=1 recfm=n");
                            length rc2txt $ 8192;
                            rc2txt=sysmsg();

@@ -254,9 +266,9 @@ minoperator
                      %if &AdditionalContent. %then 
                        %do;
                          filename f DUMMY;
-                          filename f ZIP "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/%lowcase(&packageName.)addcnt.zip";
+                          filename f ZIP "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))addcnt.zip";
                          options dlCreateDir;
-                          libname outData "%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%lowcase(&packageName.)_AdditionalContent";
+                          libname outData "%sysfunc(pathname(&_TargetFileref_.))/%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.))_AdditionalContent";

                          data WORK.__&_TargetFileref_._zip___;
                            did = dopen("f");
@@ -279,6 +291,8 @@ minoperator
                          	set WORK.__&_TargetFileref_._zip___ end = EOF;
                            wc = countw(file,"/\");
                          
+                            put wc= file=;
+
                            length libText pathname_f $ 8192;
                            libText = pathname("outData", "L");
                         
@@ -297,15 +311,24 @@ minoperator
                                end;

                                pathname_f = pathname("f");
-                                rc1 = filename("in", strip(pathname_f), "zip", "member='" !! strip(file) !! "' lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+
                                length rc1msg $ 8192;
+                                rc1 = filename("in", strip(pathname_f), "zip", "member='" !! strip(file) !! "' lrecl=1 recfm=n");
                                rc1msg = sysmsg();
-                                rc2 = filename("out", catx("/", libText, scan(file, j , "/\")), "disk", "lrecl=1 recfm=n");
+
+                                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();
                              
-                                rc3 = fcopy("in", "out");
                                length rc3msg $ 8192;
+                                rc3 = fcopy("in", "out");
                                rc3msg = sysmsg();
                          
                                loadingProblem + (rc3 & 1);
@@ -313,7 +336,7 @@ minoperator
                                if rc3 then
                                  do;
                                    put "ERROR: Cannot extract: " file;
-                                    put (rc1 rc2 rc3) (=); 
+                                    put "ERROR-" (rc1 rc2 rc3) (=); 
                                    put (rc1msg rc2msg rc3msg) (/);
                                    put "ERROR-"; 
                                  end;
@@ -364,12 +387,10 @@ minoperator
  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
-          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp.;
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;

 %ENDofloadPackageAddCnt:
 %mend loadPackageAddCnt;

-
-
-
 /**/
+
--- a/SPF/Macros/loadpackages.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/loadpackages.sas
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                 */
 )/secure 
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to load multiple SAS packages at one run, version 20240529. Run %loadPackages() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to load multiple SAS packages at one run, version 20251017. Run %loadPackages() for help info.'
 parmbuff
 ;
 %if (%superq(packagesNames) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packagesNames.) = HELP) %then
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ parmbuff
    %put ###      This is short help information for the `loadPackageS` macro            #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro wrapper for the loadPackage macro, version `20240529`                   #;
+    %put # Macro wrapper for the loadPackage macro, version `20251017`                   #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ parmbuff
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ parmbuff
  %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 packagesNames         = %qsysfunc(compress(%qsubstr(&syspbuff., 2, %eval(&lengthOfsyspbuff.-2)), {[(. <=>_,)]}, KDA));
  
  %let str = %qsysfunc(translate(%superq(packagesNames),[[ ]],{(,)}));
  %let str = %qsysfunc(transtrn(%superq(str),],%str(] )));
--- a/SPF/Macros/previewpackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/previewpackage.sas
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                                       */
 )/secure
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %previewPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20251017. Run %previewPackage() for help info.'
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
  %do;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
    %put ###    This is short help information for the `previewPackage` macro            #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to get preview of a SAS packages, version `20240529`                    #;
+    %put # Macro to get preview of a SAS packages, version `20251017`                    #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -106,17 +107,20 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
    %GOTO ENDofpreviewPackage;
  %end;
  
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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));
-  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N;
+  %let mautocomploc_tmp = %sysfunc(getoption(mautocomploc));
+
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
  
  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
-  data _null_; call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+  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_;
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
    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."));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
      if exists then leave;
    end;
    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview

  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
-    "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-        "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
        ENCODING =
          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
                                            %else utf8 ;
@@ -152,7 +156,8 @@ des = 'Macro to preview content of a SAS package, version 20240529. Run %preview
  %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.;
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
  
 %ENDofpreviewPackage:
 %mend previewPackage;
--- a/SPF/Macros/splitcodeforpackage.sas
+++ b/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 20251017. 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 `20251017`                              #;
+    %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 20251017. */';
+                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;
+
+/**/
--- a/SPF/Macros/unloadpackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/unloadpackage.sas
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                                       */
 )/secure
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20251017. Run %unloadPackage() for help info.'
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
  %do;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
    %put ###      This is short help information for the `unloadPackage` macro           #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to unload SAS packages, version `20240529`                              #;
+    %put # Macro to unload SAS packages, version `20251017`                              #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -102,18 +103,20 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
  %end;

  /* local variables for options */
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;

  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
-  data _null_; call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+  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_;
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
    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."));
+      exists + fileexist(catx("/", p, lowcase("&packageName.") !! ".&zip."));
      if exists then leave;
    end;
    if exists then call symputx("path", p, "L");
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
 
  filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
-    "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
      filename &_PackageFileref_. clear;
      options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp.;
      filename &_PackageFileref_. &ZIP. 
-        "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
+        "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).&zip." %unquote(&options.)
        ENCODING =
          %if %bquote(&packageEncoding.) NE %then &packageEncoding. ;
                                            %else utf8 ;
@@ -149,7 +152,8 @@ des = 'Macro to unload SAS package, version 20240529. Run %unloadPackage() for h
  %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.;
+  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
+          msglevel = &msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;

 %ENDofunloadPackage:
 %mend unloadPackage;
--- a/SPF/Macros/verifypackage.sas
+++ b/SPF/Macros/verifypackage.sas
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                                         hashing_file() function, SAS 9.4M6 */
 )/secure 
 /*** HELP END ***/
-des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %verifyPackage() for help info.'
+des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20251017. Run %verifyPackage() for help info.'
 ;
 %if (%superq(packageName) = ) OR (%qupcase(&packageName.) = HELP) %then
  %do;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
    %put ###      This is short help information for the `verifyPackage` macro           #;
    %put #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#;
    %put #                                                                               #;
-    %put # Macro to verify SAS package with it hash digest, version `20240529`           #;
+    %put # Macro to verify SAS package with it hash digest, version `20251017`           #;
    %put #                                                                               #;
    %put # A SAS package is a zip file containing a group                                #;
    %put # of SAS codes (macros, functions, data steps generating                        #;
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
    %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 #                                                                               #;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
    %GOTO ENDofverifyPackage;
  %end;
  
-  %local ls_tmp ps_tmp notes_tmp source_tmp stimer_tmp fullstimer_tmp msglevel_tmp;
+  %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));
@@ -91,12 +92,14 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
  %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;
+  options NOnotes NOsource ls=MAX ps=MAX NOfullstimer NOstimer msglevel=N NOmautocomploc;
  
  %local _PackageFileref_;
-  /* %let _PackageFileref_ = P%sysfunc(MD5(%lowcase(&packageName.)),hex7.); */
-  data _null_; call symputX("_PackageFileref_", "P" !! put(MD5("%lowcase(&packageName.)"), hex7. -L), "L"); run;
+  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_;
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
    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"));
+      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");
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %

  filename &_PackageFileref_. 
  /* put location of package myPackageFile.zip here */
-    "&path./%lowcase(&packageName.).zip"
+    "&path./%sysfunc(lowcase(&packageName.)).zip"
  ;
  %if %sysfunc(fexist(&_PackageFileref_.)) %then
    %do;
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ des = 'Macro to verify SAS package with the hash digest, version 20240529. Run %
  options ls = &ls_tmp. ps = &ps_tmp. 
          &notes_tmp. &source_tmp. 
          &stimer_tmp. &fullstimer_tmp.
-          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp.;
+          msglevel=&msglevel_tmp. &mautocomploc_tmp.;
          
 %ENDofverifyPackage:
 %mend verifyPackage;
--- a/SPF/SPFinit.md
+++ b/SPF/SPFinit.md
--- a/SPF/SPFinit.sas
+++ b/SPF/SPFinit.sas
--- a/SPF/license.sas
+++ b/SPF/license.sas
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2019 - 2023 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
--- a/packages/README.md
+++ b/packages/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ run;
 ```
 SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*3C010734B76CA7459C4D35087C899121011CD4AA2932B56335FF11A805C8EF8D

-[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")

 ---

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ run;
 ```
 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")

 ---

@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ SHA256 digest for DFA: F*012375D87F66EB3A7BF5DDD0CC5AEE28851733EE33CC63231DF9045
 ```
 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**\[1.42.0\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
+- **BasePlus**\[3.0.0\] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as: 
 ```sas
 call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
 call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
@@ -115,10 +115,14 @@ format x bool.;
 %put %date(yymmddn10.) %time(time5.) %datetime(e8601dt.);

 %put %monthShift(2023,1,-5);
-```
-SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*6012D1475AE22A4445C032D8EAE092BE515D8CD2AE390CC087F5987ACB8BCB13

-[Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")
+%put #%expandDataSetsList(lib=sashelp,datasets=_all_)#;
+
+%workLib(ABC)
+```
+SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*B9F6D8F1EDD1ECDA89F4BE327C4F4202649475D1D9DFB476279B633D9F14125D
+
+[Documentation for BasePlus](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/baseplus.md "Documentation for BasePlus")

 ---

@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*6012D1475AE22A4445C032D8EAE092BE515D8CD2AE390CC087

 SHA256 digest for GSM: F*80197391195C3EC41BD436DF0C8802D3920E4D22B64009A7DE872FBDF8D4B86E

-[Documentation for GSM](https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/packages/gsm.md "Documentation for GSM")
+[Documentation for GSM](https://github.com/SASPAC/blob/main/gsm.md "Documentation for GSM")

 ---

--- a/packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt
+++ b/packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,34 @@
-/* 202406710 */
+/* 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 */
--- a/packages/baseplus.md
+++ b/packages/baseplus.md
--- a/packages/baseplus.zip
+++ b/packages/baseplus.zip
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Bart Jablonski	b4b319a2e0	SAS Packages Framework, version `20251017` SAS Packages Framework, version `20251017` Changes: - New parameters `workInTestResults=` and `testWorkPath=` added to the `%generatePackage()` macro. - Documentation updated.	2025-10-19 21:36:03 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	9cf3332e60	The BasePlus package [ver. 3.0.0] The BasePlus package [ver. 3.0.0] New: - New utility macro `%workLib()`, created in collaboration with Ryo Nakaya, added. - File SHA256: `FB9F6D8F1EDD1ECDA89F4BE327C4F4202649475D1D9DFB476279B633D9F14125D` for this version - Content SHA256: `C680412F6B403870A3A8975FC17300F7C92AEDECA48D3F242B5BC4E545DC6D313` for this version	2025-10-15 10:23:42 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	998a23c980	Update README.md	2025-10-13 10:02:21 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	3701986fab	SAS Packages Framework logo	2025-10-13 09:41:54 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	31a29b3528	SESUG 2025 conference article added to the documentation SESUG 2025 conference article added to the documentation	2025-10-02 11:03:01 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	fab9fb7166	Update README.md Link to "SAS Package ーその共有、もっとスマートに" video added.	2025-09-30 22:32:32 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	71503379bf	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.4.1] The BasePlus package [ver. 2.4.1] Fix: - Fix engine recognition code in `%splitDSintoBlocks()` macro. - File SHA256: `FDB0811D8F207641BD45FCE30CB75D03CDF8D06849EBEA268BB575358FAA4E76C` for this version - Content SHA256: `C27861ABABB412E8229FE25CD5EEA868F49BB3CBD805CCE65F321ADBC522FAC4E` for this version	2025-09-05 10:30:18 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	79bd3d0c0a	Update README.md	2025-08-07 18:49:17 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	f01ac518a6	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.4.0] The BasePlus package [ver. 2.4.0] Changes: - new parameter `backslashSens=` added to the `%dirsAndFiles()` macro. - File SHA256: `F19FE220C82DE4B9990B4AC352A9D9DEF5FAF2FD601BE756B2F3A2AC39CDAF381` for this version - Content SHA256: `C83DEF0C93481B1C77494531E5CE9F8EB8E4C15AB3CC48D1E9C0223C13A84DB3F` for this version	2025-08-07 18:26:26 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	62b7c64063	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.3.1] The BasePlus package [ver. 2.3.1] Changes: Fix in log notes produced by `%getVars()` and `%QgetVars()`. - File SHA256: `FB2D318DD9708D74E5A7C419F7CAE1BF46D662B7F6AEE7E6B1B9D9B6858A5C41A` for this version - Content SHA256: `CC34B47FDC4A22C5F5EACA087FA5308B97C367E8B7C32C5B28D37B491C6DAA9A3` for this version	2025-08-05 20:18:11 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	ef3afe837d	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.3.0] # The BasePlus package [ver. 2.3.0] - File SHA256: `F71DC1AFA709B2977E8AEA452721776F62EEC8240ABD658AC83AA6D4310FC49B6` for this version - Content SHA256: `C9CEDE8C64D2C619EBC27AC85B4904D2CE2423C832C6C313E526946FC1417EFD1` for this version --- ### Changes: Update in macros: - `%getVars()` and `%QgetVars()` - New optional parameter `nlit=`. Introduced to improve `validvarname=ANY` handling. Indicates if the `NLITERAL()` function should be executed to cover spacial characters. Default value is `0`. - Code simplification for the `mcArray=` parameter case. - Situation when the `%getVars()` macro is called with `mcArray=` in `%put` or `%let` statements is handled more gracefully. - `%zipEvalf()` and `%QzipEvalf()` - If the list contains quoted blanks, they are respected now, i.e. `a "b c"` are considered 2 strings, `a` and `b c`. See documentation for details. ---	2025-08-04 15:45:33 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	f63ff497ee	SAS Packages Framework, version `20250729` SAS Packages Framework, version `20250729` Changes: - New parameter `github=` added to the `%installPackage()` macro. - Documentation updated.	2025-07-29 11:51:56 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	030a0932a8	SAS Packages Framework, version `20250728` SAS Packages Framework, version `20250728` Changes: - The `mirror=3` parameter in the `%installPackage()` macro allows access `https://github.com/PharmaForest/`. - Values `SASPAC` and `PharmaForest` are accepted by the `mirror=` parameter in the `%installPackage()` macro. - Documentation updated.	2025-07-28 10:39:12 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	cc25b76144	SAS Packages Framework, version `20250710` SAS Packages Framework, version `20250710` Changes: - Framework's code cleanup: all uses of the autocall `%lowcase()` macro were removed or replaced by `%sysfunc(lowcase(...))` call. - Formatting of the default MIT license text in the `%generatePackage()` macro was changed. - The `sourcePath=` parameter in the `%installPackage()` macro now allows both quoted and un-quoted address. - Documentation updated.	2025-07-10 13:56:45 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	628641a6cf	Update README.md	2025-04-22 13:06:18 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	191d07c2c8	Update README.md A bit of polishing.	2025-04-03 13:40:06 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	2e47ab5e37	SAS Packages Framework, version `20241207` SAS Packages Framework, version `20241207` Changes: - New parameter `instDoc=` in the `%installPackage()` macro allows to download (if one is available) the `.md` documentation file for a package.	2024-12-07 23:08:14 +01:00
Bart Jablonski	c4e21e86b6	SAS Packages Framework, version `20241129` SAS Packages Framework, version `20241129` Bug Fix in: - `%generatePackage()` macro, and - `%splitCodeForPackage()` macro. ---	2024-11-29 17:01:10 +01:00
Bart Jablonski	006377b255	PHUSE EU 2024 conference article on SAS packages PHUSE EU 2024 conference article on SAS packages	2024-11-11 10:43:30 +01:00
Bart Jablonski	4b640e8ce1	SAS Packages Framework, version `20241102` SAS Packages Framework, version `20241102` Changes: In the `%loadPackage()`, the `%ICEloadPackage()`, and the `%loadPackageAddCnt()` macros version of a package can be provided with a comparison condition. If the required version is provided with a comparison operator, e.g., `<=`, `=`, or `>`, then the operator is used to compare `required` and `provided` versions. The following example: ```sas %loadPackage(myPackage ,requiredVersion=1.2.2= ) ``` will force to load the package only if the required version is exactly equal to the provided one. Comparison is done in form "`req. comparison prov.`". Documentation and HoW-materials updated.	2024-11-02 22:18:23 +01:00
Bart Jablonski	7a7f674acf	SAS Packages Framework, version `20241027` SAS Packages Framework, version `20241027` - new utility macro added (`%splitCodeForPackage()`) - documentation and workshop materials updated	2024-10-28 10:05:28 +01:00
Bart Jablonski	c667bc6b25	SAS Packages Framework, version `20241014` #SAS Packages Framework, version `20241014` ## Changes --- The [%generatePackage()]{https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md#generatepackage} macro accepts two new code types: - `DS2PCK` for Proc DS2 packages, and - `DS2THR` for Proc DS2 threads. Those two new types allow to add `PROC DS2` threads and packages to a SAS package. --- The [%loadPackage()]{https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/blob/main/SPF/SPFinit.md#loadpackage} macro has new parameter: - `DS2force` - when set to `1` an existing data set named the same as thread or package is overwritten by DS2 file. While loading a package that contains `PRCO DS2` code, by default, if there already exist a SAS data set with the same name (which is not a DS2 thread or package file) a warning is issued in the log and the thread/package data set is not generated. To force overwrite, set the `DS2force=` parameter of the `%loadPackage()` macro to 1. --- Minor updates and fixes: - Proc `sql` "drop table" replaced with `fedsqsl`'s for data sets deletion. - Proc `iml`, `fcmp`, and `proto` code blocks end with `quit;` statement. --- [Documentation]{https://github.com/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/tree/main/SPF/Documentation} and [Hands-on-Workshops materials]{https://github.com/yabwon/HoW-SASPackages} updated. ---	2024-10-14 21:38:08 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	0a01f39662	update in README.md update in README.md - links to packages documentation updated	2024-10-01 07:25:20 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	45127a057e	SAS Packages Framework, version `20240927` ## SAS Packages Framework, version `20240927` --- ### Changes - Aesthetic changes in log when running the `%installPackage()` macro, notes about successful/failed installation. - New parameter `SFRCVN` added to the `%installPackage()` macro, `SFRCVN` provides a name for a macro variable to store value of the success-failure return code of the installation process. Return value has the following form: `<number of successes>.<number of failures>` The macro variable is created as a global macro variable. - Documentation updated. ---	2024-09-27 11:25:33 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	3f950e11ce	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.1.0] ## The BasePlus package [ver. 2.1.0] ### Changes: Update to the [`%rainCloudPlot()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.1.0/baseplus.md#raincloudplot-macro-17) macro, new `whiskerScale=` parameter added. See [documentation](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/main/baseplus.md) for details. --- SHA256 digest for BasePlus: `F*DFA83F8E0D7424DEB63D49620392068BC68D766552E2804CB6B01DE8E5A87769` --- ### Example. ~~~~sas %rainCloudPlot( sashelp.class ,sex ,height ,whiskerScale=0.5 ) ~~~~	2024-09-09 13:17:27 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	96247523ba	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.0.1] ## The BasePlus package [ver. 2.0.1] This release is dedicated to all dyslexics in the world. ### Changes: New macros: - [`%expandDataSetsList()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#expanddatasetslist-macro) allowing to expand data set lists of the form: `a1-a3`, `b_:`, mixed, and `_all_`; - [`%unifyVarsCaseSize()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#unifyvarscasesize-macro) allowing to convert all variables in a list of datasets to all-low-case or all-upcase letters. Both macros are result of recent discussions at `SAS-L` and `communities.sas.com`. New format/informats: - [`bpklength.`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#bpklength-format) - [`bplength.`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#bplength-format) - Bug fix in spelling (`lenght` vs `length`). See [documentation](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/main/baseplus.md) for details. --- SHA256 digest for BasePlus: `F*FB102C9B12E870666C15A651017D48E0141E47D64C11437350D0EC75A7E9E609` --- ### Example 1. New macros. ~~~~sas data a1 a2 a3 b_x b_y b_z; set sashelp.class(obs=1); run; %put #%expandDataSetsList(lib=work,datasets=a1-a3 b_:)#; proc print data=a1; proc print data=b_x; run; %unifyVarsCaseSize(work,a1-a3 b_:) proc print data=a1; proc print data=b_x; run; ~~~~ ### Example 2. New formats/informats: ~~~~sas data _null_; x = input('żółw', bpklength.); y = input('żółw', bplength.); put x= y=; run; ~~~~ ~~~~log x=4 y=7 ~~~~	2024-07-24 08:09:50 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	425f7b389c	The BasePlus package [ver. 2.0.0] ## The BasePlus package [ver. 2.0.0] ### Changes: New macros: - [`%expandDataSetsList()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#expanddatasetslist-macro) allowing to expand data set lists of the form: `a1-a3`, `b_:`, mixed, and `_all_`; - [`%unifyVarsCaseSize()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#unifyvarscasesize-macro) allowing to convert all variables in a list of datasets to all-low-case or all-upcase letters. Both macros are result of recent discussions at `SAS-L` and `communities.sas.com`. New format/informats: - [`bpklenght.`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#bpklenght-format) - [`bplenght.`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/2.0.0/baseplus.md#bplenght-format) See [documentation](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/main/baseplus.md) for details. --- SHA256 digest for BasePlus: `F*0730DD793516E5C193842126A7EC9D339ADADD19F0F40B071F938CABDE4E66AD` --- ### Example 1. New macros. ~~~~sas data a1 a2 a3 b_x b_y b_z; set sashelp.class(obs=1); run; %put #%expandDataSetsList(lib=work,datasets=a1-a3 b_:)#; proc print data=a1; proc print data=b_x; run; %unifyVarsCaseSize(work,a1-a3 b_:) proc print data=a1; proc print data=b_x; run; ~~~~ ### Example 2. New formats/informats: ~~~~sas data _null_; x = input('żółw', bpklenght.); y = input('żółw', bplenght.); put x= y=; run; ~~~~ ~~~~log x=4 y=7 ~~~~	2024-07-23 22:14:24 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	56748bc44b	The BasePlus package [ver. 1.43.0] ## The BasePlus package [ver. 1.43.0] ### Changes: Update to [`%getVars()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/1.41.0/baseplus.md#getvars-macro-8) and [`%qgetVars()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/1.41.0/baseplus.md#qgetvars-macro-15) macros. New parameter `ignoreCases=` added. It is an optional parameter. It indicates if variables names search should be case insensitive. With default value `1`, the search is case insensitive. See [documentation](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/main/baseplus.md) for details. --- SHA256 digest for BasePlus: `F*68BB953CD732EB43119A3339656670292317FE1C3B764EC57484C7D5C9DF23EB` ---	2024-07-22 09:04:57 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	96fa16078c	The BasePlus package [ver. 1.42.1] ## The BasePlus package [ver. 1.42.1] ### Changes: Update to the [`%rainCloudPlot()`](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/1.42.1/baseplus.md#raincloudplot-macro-17) macro, input parameters checks added. See [documentation](https://github.com/SASPAC/baseplus/blob/main/baseplus.md) for details. --- SHA256 digest for BasePlus: `F*2129F372D72A34A4FB1F368A581EA33D64AD4D8F3707213D5B9553F3C3122003` ---	2024-07-19 10:29:28 +02:00
Bart Jablonski	dc7f8cee19	SAS Packages Framework, version `20240711` SAS Packages Framework, version `20240711` Changes (minor): - aesthetic change in automatic documentation generation. ---	2024-07-11 14:57:29 +02:00