In addition ot @chrej5am, Keep (and Drop) can be a data set option and used anywhere a dataset is used to restrict the variables used by a procedure. Retain is only valid in a data step.
Super UserAdding to what @chrej5am said, retain works reliably only with newly created variables. Variables that are already present in the input dataset(s) will be overwritten anytime a new observation is read.
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