sassy
The sassy package is a meta-package that aims to
make R easier for everyone, especially people with a background in SAS®.
The package brings several useful SAS® concepts to R, including data
libraries, formats and format catalogs, data dictionaries, a data step,
a traceable log, and a reporting package with a variety of printable
report types.
The sassy family of packages is meant to compliment
the tidyverse. While the tidyverse
focuses mainly on data manipulation and development tools, the
sassy packages are focused more on formatting and
reporting. For most projects, it is expected that users will load both
the tidyverse and sassy meta-packages.
Between these two, the user will typically have everything they need to
easily prepare and report on their data.
Included Packages
The sassy meta-package contains the following
packages:
- logr:
Produces a traceable log
- fmtr:
Provides functions for formatting data and a creating a format
catalog
- libr: Gives
you the ability to define a libname, generate a data dictionary, and
simulate a data step
- reporter: A reporting
package with easy layout capabilities and the ability to write reports
in TXT, RTF, PDF, and DOCX file formats
- common: A
set of utility functions shared across the sassy family
of packages, and often useful in their own right.
The above links will take you into the respective packages for a deep
dive on their capabilities.
Next Steps
Before taking a deep dive into the sassy package
documentation, please look at some examples. These examples will give
you a feel for the overall flow of a sassy-enhanced
program, and allow you to see how the functions work together.
The following examples are provided on this site:
Example 1:
Creates a simple data listing and log
Example 2: Creates a
table of demographic characteristics
Example 3:
Creates a simple figure
Example 4: Creates
an AE table with a page wrap
Example 5: Creates a
table of vital signs statistics
Example 6:
Creates a figure with a by-group
Example 7:
Perform survival analysis.
Example 8:
Create a patient profile report.
Once you review these examples, please proceed to the package links
above to explore the system further!