sassylang 0.0.1

A simple but powerful templating language for text interpolation inspired by sas macros.

sassy

A simple but powerful templating language for text interpolation inspired by sas macros.

How it works

Sassy is a command-line program that interprets input macro tags.

Macros

%let var1 = some value;
%let var2 = some other value;

%macro testMacro(param1);
    this text will show whenever the macro is called.
    variables can be referenced like this: &var1.
    we can reference macro parameters just like variables: &param1.
%mend;

here's how you call a macro:
%exec testMacro(1);

here's a call to the same macro with a different parameter:
%exec testMacro(2);

Running sassy on the above text file will output the following…

$ sassy test.txt
here's how you call a macro:
    this text will show whenever the macro is called.
    variables can be referenced like this: somevalue
    we can reference macro parameters just like variables: 1

here's a call to the same macro with a different parameter:
    this text will show whenever the macro is called.
    variables can be referenced like this: somevalue
    we can reference macro parameters just like variables: 2

Nested variable resolution

%let var1 = some value;
%let var2 = some other value;
%let varNum = 1;

%macro testMacro(param1);
    variables can be nested to form references to other variables: &var&varNum..
    ...and also nest parameters as with variables: &var&param1..
%mend;

here's how you call a macro:
%exec testMacro(1);

here's a call to the same macro with a different parameter:
%exec testMacro(2);

Running sassy on the above text file will output the following…

$ sassy test.txt
here's how you call a macro:
    variables can be nested to form references to other variables: somevalue
    ...and also nest parameters as with variables: somevalue

here's a call to the same macro with a different parameter:
    variables can be nested to form references to other variables: somevalue
    ...and also nest parameters as with variables: someothervalue

Loops

this is how you execute a loop:
%procloop (3) loopCounter;
    this loop will execute &loopCounter. times.
%pend;

...you can also use a variable to set the number of iterations:
%let loopVar0 = first loop;
%let loopVar1 = second loop;
%let loopVar2 = third loop;
%let loopVar3 = fourth loop;
%let numLoops = 4;
%procloop (&numLoops.) counterVar;
    this other loop will execute &counterVar. times, and references a different variable each time: &loopVar&counterVar..
%pend;

Running sassy on the above text file will output the following…

$ sassy test.txt
this is how you execute a loop:
    this loop will execute 0 times.
    this loop will execute 1 times.
    this loop will execute 2 times.

...you can also use a variable to set the number of iterations:
    this other loop will execute 0 times, and references a different variable each time: firstloop
    this other loop will execute 1 times, and references a different variable each time: secondloop
    this other loop will execute 2 times, and references a different variable each time: thirdloop
    this other loop will execute 3 times, and references a different variable each time: fourthloop

Installation

Here’s what you need to do to install sassy:

Python 3.6

Sassy is compatible with Python 3.6 and later.

On Unix systems, install Python 3.6 (or later) via your package manager (apt, rpm, yum, brew). Alternatively, you can download an installation package from the official Python downloads page.

Virtual Environment

It is recommended to put all project dependencies into its own virtual environment - this way we don’t pollute the global Python installation. For this we recommend you use virtualenvwrapper. Follow the instructions here to get this installed. Once you have virtualenvwrapper install, create a new virtual environment with:

mkvirtualenv sassy
workon sassy

Now let’s install sassy:

pip install sassylang

Get help or give help

• Open a new issue if you encounter a problem.

• Pull requests welcome. You can help with language features!

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License

• sassy is Free Software and licensed under the GPLv3.

• Main author is @jmsmistral