SAS_PACKAGES/packages

SAS Packages:

To get started with SAS Packages try this Getting Started with SAS Packages presentation (see the ./SPF/Documentation directory).

Available packages:

For "backward compatibility"/historical point of view the following packages are available under the ./packages directory.

Since September 2022 the default location for packages is SASPAC - the SAS Packages Archive located under: https://github.com/SASPAC where each package is stored as a separate repository with historical versions too.

Packages:

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• SQLinDS[2.3.3], based on Mike Rhoads' article Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.

data class;
  set %SQL(
    select age, name, weight, height 
    from sashelp.class 
    order by age
    );
    
    WH = weight + height;
run;

SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*6CC51325BDCE164B2E811896DD1C3A6D44242F50CC313D0721350CA49975F628

Documentation for SQLinDS

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• DFA (Dynamic Function Arrays)[0.5.10], contains set of macros and FCMP functions which implement: a dynamically allocated array, a stack, a fifo queue, an ordered stack, and a priority queue, run %helpPackage(DFA,createDFArray) to find examples.

%createDFArray(ArrDynamic, resizefactor=17); 

data _null_;
  call ArrDynamic("Allocate", -2, 2);

  do i = -2 to 2;
    call ArrDynamic("Input", i, 2**i);
  end;

  L = .; H = .;
  call ArrDynamic("Dim", L, H);
  put L= H=;

  call ArrDynamic("+", 3, 8);
  call ArrDynamic("+",-3, 0.125);
  call ArrDynamic("Dim", L, H);
  put L= H=;

  Value = .;
  do i = L to H;
    call ArrDynamic("O", i, Value);
    put i= Value=;
  end;
run;

SHA256 digest for DFA: F*C1E5126D8EDE050A758BCB5DCCA56A37125B3646CE75F1CF41EDE00890901AD9

Documentation for DFA

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• macroArray[1.3.2], implementation of an array concept in a macro language, e.g.

  %array(ABC[17] (111:127), macarray=Y); 
  
  %macro test();
    %do i = 1 %to 17; 
      %put &i.) %ABC(&i.); 
    %end;
  %mend;
  %test() 
  
  %let %ABC(13,i) = 99999; /* i = insert */

  %do_over(ABC, phrase=%nrstr( 
      %put &_i_.%) %ABC(&_i_.); 
      ),
      which = 1:H:2
  );

SHA256 digest for macroArray: F*35A657517CD2B1AB86C4E7C5320B5EDDDFBA9348075AE31DDAF875CF0CC193C9

Documentation for macroArray

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• BasePlus[3.1.4] adds a bunch of functionalities I am missing in BASE SAS, such as:

call arrMissToRight(myArray); 
call arrFillMiss(17, myArray); 
call arrFill(42, myArray); 

rc = delDataset("DataSetToDrop"); 

string = catXFn("date9.", "#", myArray);

format x bool.;

%put %getVars(sashelp.class, pattern = ght$, sep = +, varRange = _numeric_);

%rainCloudPlot(sashelp.cars,DriveTrain,Invoice)

%zipLibrary(sashelp,libOut=work)

%bpPIPE(ls -la ~/)

%dirsAndFiles(C:\SAS_WORK\,ODS=work.result)

%put %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$) HELLO SAS! %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$);

%put %date() %time() %datetime();

%put %date(yymmddn10.) %time(time5.) %datetime(e8601dt.);

%put %monthShift(2023,1,-5);

%put #%expandDataSetsList(lib=sashelp,datasets=_all_)#;

%workLib(ABC)

SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*BD248E5F8CBD94B5F45467B723A73D97D646CD665BA98679F87C7A03A484E83E

Documentation for BasePlus

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• GSM (Generate Secure Macros)[0.22.3], package allows to create secured macros stored in SAS Proc FCMP functions. The dataset with functions can be shared between different operating systems and allows to generate macros on site without showing their code.

Recording of presentation with "how it works" description (in Polish).

The WUSS 2023 Conference article describing the idea

SHA256 digest for GSM: F*411452E8388C181800023A01A3B7DC7904A80A915D506D9606638F27CBC282B1

Documentation for GSM

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• dynMacroArray[0.2.7], set of macros (wrappers for a hash table) emulating dynamic array in the data step (macro predecessor of DFA). Development of this package is currently on hold.

SHA256 digest for dynMacroArray: F*C1644842102C87522E22513744B249027306A833AF7951E51D1760FF28656C16

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