topic Re: COMPGED in SAS Programming

COMPGED

Kiteulf — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:29:02 GMT

Does anyone know the sourcecode for the function compged?

I will be utilizing this function in another system that doesn't support that sas function.

Re: COMPGED

PeterClemmensen — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:31:45 GMT

SAS does not usually share source code for its functions. What system do you want to use it in? There is probably a function available that will return the same result?

Re: COMPGED

Ksharp — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:38:23 GMT

Check sas documentation about compged() ,especially in DETAILS , maybe you could find some clue.

Re: COMPGED

Kiteulf — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:12:32 GMT

Yeah there are some clues, but I wish someone had a script doing the compged .

It is to be used in a decision engine.

Re: COMPGED

Ksharp — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:35:31 GMT

As @PeterClemmensen said, Maybe you could find some similar function in R or Python ?

Re: COMPGED

Kiteulf — Wed, 06 May 2020 17:53:57 GMT

Yes if anyone could point me in the right direction... I have spent days searching and I can't find anything.

So the lessons is don't use SAS functions when developing stuff??? or better, use python for every step.... 😞

Re: COMPGED

ChrisNZ — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:52:30 GMT

No the lesson is that SAS put a lot of expertise in its 1000-odd functions and make a living by selling that expertise.

As you discover, this expertise is real and not always widely spread or available.

While FOSS is incredibly useful, not all good things in life come free.

Re: COMPGED

Kiteulf — Thu, 07 May 2020 06:28:19 GMT

If there no one except sas fanboys here that can point to where the similar code is in python or r, I guess I will have to rewrite the setup to get rid of the sas stuff.

Re: COMPGED

Ksharp — Thu, 07 May 2020 10:54:28 GMT

Emmm. You could do it ,but you need pay some money to sas ,like buy SAS/Viya(run a service like JSON ) or SAS/Base .(run a batch file to invoke COMPGEND function )
If you want free(open source) stuff ,try Python .

Re: COMPGED

ChrisNZ — Fri, 08 May 2020 00:07:19 GMT

> If there no one except sas fanboys here that can point to where the similar code is in python or r,

One tends to find people knowledgeable about SAS on SAS forums, and people knowledgeable about python on python forums.

>I will have to rewrite the setup to get rid of the sas stuff.

If your overriding priority is to have absolutely everything free, then yes.

Re: COMPGED

Kiteulf — Fri, 08 May 2020 04:52:26 GMT

We pay SAS millions every year but it boils down to pay even more.

Re: COMPGED

ChrisNZ — Fri, 08 May 2020 11:19:29 GMT

You have a massive site if you pay that much. And if you do, you have access to all the compged goodness, and much more.

Just like if you lease a car, you can use all the features, but you don't buy the manufacturer's IP.

I am not even sure what the discussion is about actually.

Re: COMPGED

Dev22 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:07:35 GMT

How get batch file to invoke COMPGEND function