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    <title>topic Re: retain value in SAS Programming</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/retain-value/m-p/456961#M115818</link>
    <description>&lt;PRE&gt;if first.usubjid and ablfl='Y' then do;
aval_=aval;
end;
else aval=aval_;/*correction here i think*/&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:08:47 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>novinosrin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-04-24T17:08:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>retain value</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/retain-value/m-p/456940#M115805</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am trying to retain value of aval (&lt;SPAN&gt;where ablfl=y)&lt;/SPAN&gt;in base_ for&amp;nbsp; same usubjid&amp;nbsp; ,I am getting missing values&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;wht can be issue?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;proc sort data =  final3 out=final3_;
by usubjid avisit descending ablfl;
run;
data final4_;
set final3_;
by usubjid avisit descending ablfl;
retain aval_ base_;
if first.usubjid and ablfl='Y' then do;
aval_=aval;
end;
else aval_=aval_;


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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:13:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/retain-value/m-p/456940#M115805</guid>
      <dc:creator>paddyb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-24T16:13:24Z</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: retain value</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/retain-value/m-p/456961#M115818</link>
      <description>&lt;PRE&gt;if first.usubjid and ablfl='Y' then do;
aval_=aval;
end;
else aval=aval_;/*correction here i think*/&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:08:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/retain-value/m-p/456961#M115818</guid>
      <dc:creator>novinosrin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-24T17:08:47Z</dc:date>
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