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[2.2.6], 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*3BB422E8C94515DEE9E13E674A0D119794F464D9597C28D5D536E71F64EB5298

Documentation for SQLinDS

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• DFA (Dynamic Function Arrays)[0.5.5], contains set of macros and FCMP functions which implement: a dynamically allocated array, a stack, a fifo queue, an ordered stack, and a priority queue, run %helpPackage(DFA,createDFArray) to find examples.

%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*924711C77E413B8CFC18336DDA2293A9F5294D02E267C1BB7BC876B4AF0AABE4

Documentation for DFA

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• macroArray[1.0.5], 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*85E3BE4D163AC5223B6EC9D3C25C46564A656E3830998B4555A963180D767160

Documentation for macroArray

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• BasePlus[1.24.2] 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=$) HELLO SAS! %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$);

SHA256 digest for BasePlus: F*2A4F3953EC56DB914024457F74286D565C23DCF220FF151040BDB704FD8DDB06

Documentation for BasePlus

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• GSM (Generate Secure Macros)[0.20.5], package allows to create secured macros stored in SAS Proc FCMP functions. The dataset with functions can be shared between different operating systems and allows to generate macros on site without showing their code.

SHA256 digest for GSM: F*91C619E47EFAB44CCEB8B892BA1D7A8F9948590DA1317B8EA330F5D12642CE0E

Documentation for GSM

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• dynMacroArray[0.2.5], 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*6E087F38BB39B93CBF983124272812E14693C4EF5EE0A3A218BD2BAA069A74BF

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