topic RETAIN AND SUM in New SAS User

RETAIN AND SUM

pri26 — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:32:09 GMT

Hi,

I have this code and I wanted to know the steps to get to the output?

Thanks

Re: RETAIN AND SUM

Reeza — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:50:18 GMT

The code shown generates the output shown. Does it not run for you? I didn't type it out (can't copy and paste from an image) so it seems fine at first glance.

Is there something else you're looking for beyond this?

@pri26 wrote:

Hi,

I have this code and I wanted to know the steps to get to the output?

Thanks

Re: RETAIN AND SUM

pri26 — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:46:41 GMT

I wanted someone to explain why the output is that with the Retain and sum, why does it repeat the x values twice?

Re: RETAIN AND SUM

andreas_lds — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:44:37 GMT

Because you have two output statements in your data step.

Re: RETAIN AND SUM

Reeza — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:38:08 GMT

Go through each line of the code and add your comments to what you think it's doing. Post that back and we'll show you where your understanding may be incorrect.