https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-Array-Execution/m-p/669420#M200814 <P><STRONG>When we define array, what will happen to that array after dataset is executed, like will it be there in the memory or something else?</STRONG></P> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:08:59 GMT krishnaarrora 2020-07-15T12:08:59Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-Array-Execution/m-p/669420#M200814 <P><STRONG>When we define array, what will happen to that array after dataset is executed, like will it be there in the memory or something else?</STRONG></P> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:08:59 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-Array-Execution/m-p/669420#M200814 krishnaarrora 2020-07-15T12:08:59Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-Array-Execution/m-p/669421#M200815 <P>An array provides a convenient way to access variables within a particular DATA step. The array itself does not persist after that step ends. The variables in the array might or might not persist depending on which variables are dropped or kept.</P> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:17:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-Array-Execution/m-p/669421#M200815 WarrenKuhfeld 2020-07-15T12:17:44Z