InlineSAS

InlineSAS.py

import subprocess, os, tempfile

def callSAS(sas_str):
    f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
    f.write(sas_str)
    f.close()

    invocation = ['sas', '-sysin', f.name]

    r = subprocess.Popen(invocation, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    stdout, stderr = r.communicate()

    os.unlink(f.name)

    return (r.returncode, stdout, stderr)

Good to see someone is finally using Python for something useful. There's a first for everything!