mp_gsubfile.sas

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/**
  @file
  @brief Performs a text substitution on a file
  @details Makes use of the GSUB function in LUA to perform a text substitution
  in a file - either in-place, or writing to a new location.  The benefit of
  using LUA is that the entire file can be loaded into a single variable,
  thereby side stepping the 32767 character limit in a data step.
 
  Usage:
 
      %let file=%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file.txt;
      %let str=replace/me;
      %let rep=with/this;
      data _null_;
        file "&file";
        put "&str";
      run;
      %mp_gsubfile(file=&file, patternvar=str, replacevar=rep)
      data _null_;
        infile "&file";
        input;
        list;
      run;
 
  @param [in] file= (0) The file to perform the substitution on
  @param [in] patternvar= A macro variable containing the Lua
    [pattern](https://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html) to search for.  Due to the use
    of special (magic) characters in Lua patterns, it is safer to pass the NAME
    of the macro variable containing the string, rather than the value itself.
  @param [in] replacevar= ()
    The name of the macro variable containing the replacement _string_.
  @param [out] outfile= (0) The file to write the output to.
    If zero, then the file is overwritten in-place.
 
  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
  @li ml_gsubfile.sas
 
  <h4> Related Macros </h4>
  @li mp_gsubfile.test.sas
 
  @version 9.4
  @author Allan Bowe
**/
 
%macro mp_gsubfile(file=0,
  patternvar=,
  replacevar=,
  outfile=0
)/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
 
  %if "%substr(&sysver.XX,1,4)"="V.04" %then %do;
    %put %str(ERR)OR: Viya 4 does not support the IO library in lua;
    %return;
  %end;
 
  %ml_gsubfile()
 
%mend mp_gsubfile;