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navinrraj
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retain statement

Posted 10-02-2018 08:14 AM (852 views)

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
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Re: retain statement

Posted 10-02-2018 08:26 AM (845 views)  |   In reply to navinrraj

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.

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