class

class

(klas') n.

1. Object-oriented programming. a definition of a kind of object, including definitions of the data elements of the object and routines (called methods) that act on the object.

2. a distinct category, especially as identified by a distinct value of a class variable.

v.t.

3. to assign to a class; classify.

CLASS (SAS word)

Proc step statement. Class variables.

class variable

Proc step. n.

a variable of the input SAS dataset whose distinct values form groups of observations for analysis, regardless of the order of the observations:
listed in the CLASS statement.

Also, CLASS variable.