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parse.SAScii <-
function( sas_ri , beginline = 1 , lrecl = NULL ){
##and now actually pull the entire file into R from the FTP site, line-by-line
SASinput <- readLines( sas_ri )
#remove all tab characters
SASinput <- gsub( "\t" , " " , SASinput )
##if the SAS code includes more than one INPUT, start at the user-specified beginline
SASinput <- SASinput[ beginline:length(SASinput) ]
SASinput <- toupper( SASinput )
#remote all /* and */ from the code
SASinput <- SAS.uncomment( SASinput , "/*" , "*/" )
#remote all * and ; from the code
SASinput <- SAS.uncomment( SASinput , "*" , ";" )
#find the first line with the word INPUT in it, which is where the ASCII variable locations occur.
#lines that start with input
firstline <- grep("INPUT",SASinput)[1]
#find the first semicolon ending that input line
a<-grep(";",toupper(SASinput))
lastline<-min(a[a>firstline])
#isolate the Fixed-Width File (FWF) input lines
FWFlines<-SASinput[firstline:lastline]
#remove the word input from the first line
input_word <- unlist( gregexpr( "INPUT" , FWFlines[1] , fixed = T ) )
FWFlines[ 1 ] <- substr( FWFlines[ 1 ] , input_word + 5 , nchar(FWFlines[ 1 ]) )
#remove the semicolon from the last line
semicolon <- unlist( gregexpr( ";" , FWFlines[length(FWFlines)] , fixed = T ) )
FWFlines[length(FWFlines)] <- substr( FWFlines[length(FWFlines)] , 1 , semicolon - 1 )
#put a space in front of all dollar signs
for ( i in 1:length( FWFlines ) ) FWFlines[ i ] <- gsub( "$" , " $ " , FWFlines[ i ] , fixed = T )
for ( i in 1:length( FWFlines ) ) FWFlines[ i ] <- gsub( "-" , " - " , FWFlines[ i ] , fixed = T )
#remove all fully-blank lines
FWFlines <- FWFlines[ which( gsub( " " , "" , FWFlines ) != "" ) ]
#break apart all FWF lines
z<-strsplit(FWFlines," ",perl=T)
#initiate massive character vector
SAS.input.lines <- NULL
for ( i in 1:length( z ) ){
#throw out all splits that are empty
z[[i]] <- gsub( "-" , " " , z[[i]] )
z[[i]] <- z[[i]][ which( gsub( " " , "" , z[[i]] ) != "" ) ]
#and then combine everything into one huge character vector
SAS.input.lines <- c( SAS.input.lines , z[[i]] )
}
##create FWF structure file (x)
x <- data.frame(NULL)
i <- j <- 1
#pull out the second, third, and fourth elements after input line
elements_2_4 <- SAS.input.lines[ 2:4 ]
#remove dollar signs for this test, they don't count
elements_2_4 <- elements_2_4[ elements_2_4 != "$" ]
#figure out from the first line if the numbers are widths of each column
#or if they're the actual location on the file
#look at the first line-- how many non $ numerics are there before you hit the second variable name?
widths_not_places <-
#if there was a dollar sign, the length will be two..
(length( elements_2_4 ) == 2 &
is.na( as.numeric( as.character( elements_2_4[2] ) ) ) )
#look for any @ symbols in the input lines!
if ( sum(grepl("@",SAS.input.lines))>0 ){
#if the input lines appear to contain @START VARNAME FORMAT then use this block:
#cycle through entire character vector
while ( i < length( SAS.input.lines ) ){
start.point <- as.numeric( gsub( "@" , "" , SAS.input.lines[ i ] , fixed = T ) )
#skip the first time:
if ( i > 1 ){
#if there's room between the current start point and the previous width, add some empty space
if ( x[ j - 1 , "start" ] + x[ j - 1 , "width" ] < start.point ){
#this creates a negative width
x[ j , "width" ] <- ( x[ j - 1 , "start" ] + x[ j - 1 , "width" ] ) - start.point
j <- j + 1
}
}
#set first word to variable name
x[ j , "start" ] <- start.point
x[ j , "varname" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i + 1 ]
#if there's a dollar sign between second word and the format, record that this is of type character
if ( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] == "$" ){
x[ j , "char" ] <- T
i <- i + 1
} else x[ j , "char" ] <- F
#remove leading f's and char's
for ( k in c("F","CHAR") ){
SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] <- gsub( k , "" , SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , fixed = T )
}
#if the length has a period, split it
if ( grepl( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , fixed = T ) ){
period <- unlist( gregexpr( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , fixed = T ) )
x[ j , "width" ] <- as.numeric( substr( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , 1 , period - 1 ) )
divisor <- substr( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , period + 1 , nchar( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] ) )
} else {
x[ j , "width" ] <- as.numeric( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] )
divisor <- ""
}
if ( divisor != "" ) {
x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1 / 10^as.numeric(divisor)
} else x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1
i <- i + 3
j <- j + 1
}
} else if ( widths_not_places ) {
#if the input lines appear to contain VARNAME LENGTH then use this block:
#cycle through entire character vector
while ( i < length( SAS.input.lines ) ){
#set first word to variable name
x[ j , "varname" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i ]
#if there's a dollar sign between first word and the first number, record that this is of type character
if ( SAS.input.lines[ i + 1 ] == "$" ){
x[ j , "width" ] <- as.numeric( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] )
x[ j , "char" ] <- T
i <- i + 3
#otherwise record that it's type numeric
} else {
x[ j , "width" ] <- as.numeric( SAS.input.lines[ i + 1 ] )
x[ j , "char" ] <- F
i <- i + 2
}
#search for a divisor
if ( grepl( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i ] , fixed = T ) ){
period <- unlist( gregexpr( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i ] , fixed = T ) )
divisor <- substr( SAS.input.lines[ i ] , period + 1 , nchar( SAS.input.lines[ i ] ) )
x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1 / 10^as.numeric(divisor)
i <- i + 1
} else x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1
#jump to the next row of x
j <- j + 1
}
#if the input lines appear to contain VARNAME #START - #END then use this block:
} else {
#cycle through entire character vector
while ( i < length( SAS.input.lines ) ){
#set first word to variable name
x[ j , "varname" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i ]
#if there's a dollar sign between first word and the first number, record that this is of type character
if ( SAS.input.lines[ i + 1 ] == "$" ){
x[ j , "start" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ]
#check if the width was one number or two..
if (
#if it isn't numeric..
is.na( as.numeric( SAS.input.lines[ i + 3 ] ) ) |
#or if it contains a period..
grepl( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i + 3 ] , fixed = T )
){
#then it's moved too far because the width was a single digit..
x[ j , "end" ] <- x[ j , "start" ]
#and it should move back one
i <- i - 1
} else {
#otherwise, if it's a character string,
x[ j , "end" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i + 3 ]
}
x[ j , "char" ] <- T
i <- i + 4
#otherwise record that it's type numeric
} else {
x[ j , "start" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i + 1 ]
#check if the width was one number or two..
if (
#if it isn't numeric..
is.na( as.numeric( SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] ) ) |
#or if it contains a period..
grepl( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ] , fixed = T )
){
#then it's moved too far because the width was a single digit..
x[ j , "end" ] <- x[ j , "start" ]
#and it should move back one
i <- i - 1
} else {
#otherwise, if it's a character string,
x[ j , "end" ] <- SAS.input.lines[ i + 2 ]
}
x[ j , "char" ] <- F
i <- i + 3
}
#search for a divisor
if ( grepl( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i ] , fixed = T ) ){
period <- unlist( gregexpr( "." , SAS.input.lines[ i ] , fixed = T ) )
divisor <- substr( SAS.input.lines[ i ] , period + 1 , nchar( SAS.input.lines[ i ] ) )
x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1 / 10^as.numeric(divisor)
i <- i + 1
} else x[ j , "divisor" ] <- 1
#BUT if we're on the second row already..
if ( j > 1 ) {
#IF current row's start > previous row's end + 1
if ( as.numeric( x[ j , 'start' ] ) > as.numeric( x[ j - 1 , 'end' ] ) + 1 ){
#then you need to add in some blank space!
x <-
rbind(
x[ 1:(j-1) , ] ,
NA ,
x[ j , ]
)
#add one to j, since you've added a row
j <- j + 1
#and add a negative
x[ j - 1 , 'start' ] <- as.numeric( x[ j - 2 , 'end' ] ) + 1
x[ j - 1 , 'end' ] <- as.numeric( x[ j , 'start' ] ) - 1
}
}
#jump to the next row of x
j <- j + 1
}
#the width should be the end position minus the beginning position, plus one
x[ , 'width' ] <- as.numeric( x[ , 'end' ] ) - as.numeric( x[ , 'start' ] ) + 1
#if there's no variable name, it should be a negative.
x[ is.na( x[ , 'varname' ] ) , 'width' ] <- ( -1 * x[ is.na( x[ , 'varname' ] ) , 'width' ] )
}
#limit to only four columns
x <- x[ , c("varname","width","char","divisor") ]
#finally, if the final logical record length is specified by the user..
if ( !is.null( lrecl ) ){
#if it's the same as the sum of the widths already in x, do nothing (specifying it was unnecessary)
#if it's less than the sum of the absolute values of current widths..
if ( lrecl < sum( abs( x$width ) ) ) stop ( "specified logical record length (lrecl) parameter is shorter than the SAS columns constructed" )
#if it's more than the sum of the absolute value of the current widths..
if ( lrecl > sum( abs( x$width ) ) ){
#blank space containing the difference should be added onto the tail of x
length.of.blank.record.to.add.to.end <- ( lrecl - sum( abs( x$width ) ) )
x[ nrow( x ) + 1 , 'width' ] <- -length.of.blank.record.to.add.to.end
}
}
x
}
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