NEWS.md

In qol: Powerful 'SAS' Inspired Concepts for more Efficient Bigger Outputs

qol 1.1.1 - DEVELOPMENT

New functions

• multi_join(): Join two or more data frames together in one operation. (30.11.2025)
• libname(): Check if path exists and retrieve files. (04.12.2025)

Fixed

• any_table(): Fixed multi layered column header labels where not applied correct. (28.11.2025)
• any_table(): Fixed incorrect column order when using order_by "values" while variable names have underscores. (04.12.2025)
• any_table(): Using pre summed data now also works, if variable names carry underscores. (04.12.2025)

GitHub related

• Added article comparing this package with SAS even further. (02.12.2025)

qol 1.1.0 - CRAN release on 20.11.2025

New functions

• build_master(): Reads a given folder structure, which contains scripts, and builds a master script as a markdown file. (18.10.2025)
• build_rstheme(): Build a complete theme file, which can be used to change the visual appearance of RStudio. (23.10.2025)
• combine_into_workbook(): Combines any number of tables created with any_table() into one workbook and styles them according to their meta information. (26.10.2025)
• replace_except(): Replaces a provided pattern with another, while protecting exceptions. (29.10.2025)
• mark_case(): Marks first or last cases within a provided group. (31.10.2025)
• retain_value(): Retains the first value for all cases of the same group. (31.10.2025)
• retain_sum(): Retains the summarised values for all cases of the same group. (31.10.2025)

New functionality

• interval_format(): Implemented keywords "low "and "high" with which one can define pseudo low or high values, if one doesn't know, what the minimum or maximum value of a variable is. (20.10.2025)
• discrete_format(): Implemented keyword "other" with which one can catch any other value not covered by the explicitly specified values. (27.10.2025)
• any_table(): Now returns styling meta information as a third list element. This meta information can be used by combine_into_workbook(). (26.10.2025)
• any_table(): Now supports underscores in variable names. (29.10.2025)
• any_table(): Added new column ordering possibilities by "columns" or "values_stats". (03.11.2025)
• any_table(): Can now output tables even though no column variables are specified. (05.11.2025)

Fixed

• In any_table() the header and table row heights as well as the column widths set by the style option where 1 row/column to short. (14.10.2025)
• In any_table() the row heights didn't catch the whole table. (14.10.2025)
• any_table() ran into an error, if a variable was provided as pct_group, which was not part of the row and column variables. (14.10.2025)
• Fixed typos in frequencies examples, where it said "frequency" instead of "frequencies". (18.10.2025)
• In Excel outputs the number stored as text error is now ignored. (19.10.2025, thanks to @JanMarvin)
• Fixed table length captured with too many rows. (19.10.2025)
• any_table(): Fixed order_by stats not working as intended in some cases. (03.11.2025)
• any_table(): Fixed table rows not ordered correctly in some cases. (03.11.2025)
• any_table(): Depending on variable constellation and ordering of the column header it could happen, that the header wasn't merged correct in the Excel workbook. This was fixed. (04.11.2025)
• any_table(): Doesn't run into an error, if the table only consists of one value column. (05.11.2025)

Changed functionality

• In excel_output_style() the options column_widths and row_heights now start at the first column/row instead of the beginning of the table. (19.10.2025)
• In summarise_plus(), if summarised values should be merged back, the variables TYPE, TYPE_NR and DEPTHS are now not merged back anymore. (31.10.2025)

Additionally

• Added missing functions export_with_style() and get_excel_range() to the ?qol overview page. (14.10.2025)
• Added information to the startup message to use ?qol to get an overview. (14.10.2025)
• Now using openxlsx2 helper to convert row and column numbers to Excel ranges. (19.10.2025, thanks to @JanMarvin)
• All Excel tables now have named ranges for the table and the values. (19.10.2025, thanks to @JanMarvin)
• Added an example to the README showing how to save an Excel workbook to the filesystem. (19.10.2025)
• Used lintr package for some code cleanup. (20.10.2025, thanks to @JanMarvin for the advise)
• Added custom theme section to the README. (23.10.2025)
• Added message, if a format is applied to a factor variable. (27.10.2025)
• Excel workbooks will now only be opened in interactive sessions. (29.10.2025, thanks to @JanMarvin)
• Corrected typos in snippets. (03.11.2025)

GitHub related

• Added article comparing this package with SAS. (14.10.2025)
• Changed GitHub Page style. (14.10.2025)
• Added example themes with corresponding code. (23.10.2025)

qol 1.0.2 - CRAN release on 14.10.2025

DESCRIPTION file

• Fixed brackets in DESCRIPTION so that auto linking works.
• Added another URL.

Fixed

• There could be an error in summarise_plus(), any_table() and args_to_char(), if there where to many variables provided.
• summarise_plus() ran into an error, if a value label from a format contained a ".".
• any_table() could lead to wrong results if the pre_summed option was used and a variable was part of multiple combinations in the summarised data.

Changed functionality

• In summarise_plus(), when types are defined, the total row is now removed if not explicitly defined as type.
• In summarise_plus(), when the nesting option "deepest" is used, the variables TYPE, TYPE_NR and DEPTHS are now also generated.

Unit tests

• Adjusted tests according to changed functionalities

Additionally

• Added openxlsx2 as import in the qol main help file
• Corrected a typo in a warning message in any_table() concerning variable order.

qol 1.0.1

• Added references to specific SAS functions in the description field of the Description file where they are mentioned.
• Removed specific seed in R/dummy_data.R
• Fixed a bug in dummy_data where it could happen that not enough observations where generated.

qol 1.0.0

• Initial CRAN submission.

qol documentation built on Dec. 14, 2025, 1:06 a.m.