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

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

SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*CEAA4C90515F6E8AACBFFD55ABA6544E399EDBE0A7081107B62DCEE6F5430A1D

Documentation for SQLinDS

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• DFA (Dynamic Function Arrays)[0.5.8], 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*643FBE2B7AE1425FC0240139813B93AE2C6BCFFDF6A0CFAEBEC11F83D3548E57

Documentation for DFA

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• macroArray[1.3.1], 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*9DA64CA9A745E1DB7176F7AF4459BB014F61F71626473ABF6471A32689E14FF1

Documentation for macroArray

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• BasePlus[3.1.2] 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=$) HELLO SAS! %repeatTxt(#,15,s=$);

%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*91A5AD4709A418704315EF37DDCF954522D4FB42808D406B3ED4DA560F6864C6

Documentation for BasePlus

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• GSM (Generate Secure Macros)[0.22.2], 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*7A4FEC410DEB921613A33F154FBBE332D7EC4C4DAC1351A4E611D986489EE848

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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