https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/retain-statement/m-p/500705#M387 <P>The retain statement holds a value/variable over to the next observation of processing:</P> <P><A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214163.htm" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214163.htm</A></P> <P>The docs have examples and such like.</P> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:26:29 GMT RW9 2018-10-02T12:26:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/retain-statement/m-p/500702#M386 <P>hi there!.</P><P>what is retain statement&nbsp; how to use and where to use that with datastep.</P><P>please explain with understanding example</P> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:14:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/retain-statement/m-p/500702#M386 navinrraj 2018-10-02T12:14:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/retain-statement/m-p/500705#M387 <P>The retain statement holds a value/variable over to the next observation of processing:</P> <P><A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214163.htm" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214163.htm</A></P> <P>The docs have examples and such like.</P> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:26:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/retain-statement/m-p/500705#M387 RW9 2018-10-02T12:26:29Z