Notepad++ SAS User Defined Language color syntax (2021-04-09)
1) Download .XML file, then select Language->Define your language...
2) Use the Import button to import the SAS language definition.
Based on many UDL find on Web and very complete.
- Very good handling of all single and multi-lines comment.
- Keyword style by group and type, easy customisation.
- Very good support for all SAS format.
For all dark background color syntax, set Notepad++ theme to "Deep Black", "Global Styles", "Global Override".
Include an Excel document with all SAS Keywords and Operators by category and Syntax coloring group number.
Multi-lines comment, as long as the last character of each line is not a whitespace character Notepad++ will correctly handle syntax colouring.
NEW:
-Workaround for regular expression containing not matched quote.
-Workaround to multi-lines comment, almost no source code change needed.
-Experimantal Folder.
UPDATED:
-Better hex number handling
Features
- Very complete SAS keywords and format support.
- Better single line and multi-lines comments support.
- Many color syntax variation and SAS Enterprise Guide look-alike.
- Keywords dictionary in Excel format.
- SAS Keyword Collection with all valid parameters keyword name to use with..
- Better handling of color syntax problem caused by regular expression.