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navinrraj
Calcite | Level 5

hi there!.

what is retain statement  how to use and where to use that with datastep.

please explain with understanding example

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

The retain statement holds a value/variable over to the next observation of processing:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214163.htm

The docs have examples and such like.