R Observatory: Metrics for SAScii version 1.0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

SAScii

1.0.2

Import ASCII Files Directly into R using Only a 'SAS' Input Script

1packages depend

6.7Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Anthony Joseph DamicoFirst published 2012-03-076 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Using any importation code designed for 'SAS' users to read ASCII files into 'sas7bdat' files, this package parses through the INPUT block of a '.sas' syntax file to design the parameters needed for a 'read.fwf()' function call. This allows the user to specify the location of the ASCII (often a '.dat') file and the location of the 'SAS' syntax file, and then load the data frame directly into R in just one step.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("SAScii", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("ajdamico/SAScii")

Development version from ajdamico/SAScii. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-sascii

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-SAScii

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-SAScii

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 50 s · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 67%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

6.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #6,172 · ~18/day · ~556/mo

Releases R versions

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34030 days

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Repository

GitHub ↗ ajdamico/sascii

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14Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

0Releases

27Commits

1Contributors

27 commits · Last activity 2026-01-16

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

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No development-tooling practices detected in the upstream repository.

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v1 (2026-07-18)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

0 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

0indirect

psidR

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Anthony Joseph Damico

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Anthony Joseph Damico

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

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Package metadata

First published: 2012-03-07
Total releases: 6 / 14 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 11 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("SAScii")

Format

Damico, A. J. (2023). SAScii: Import ASCII Files Directly into R using Only a 'SAS' Input Script (Version 1.0.2) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.SAScii

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for SAScii version 1.0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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