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.