DEFAULT OR RESERVED KEYWORDS IN PYTHON

DEFAULT OR RESERVED KEYWORDS IN PYTHON

Keywords in python are the reserved words which cannot be customized for individual variables.

Python Interpreter throws “SyntaxError: invalid syntax” error during parse phase if a variable is declared with a reserved keyword. Each keyword has its own purpose in python which are system related internal code.

help(keyword.kwlist)

Code:

#import keywords
import keyword

#Print them
print("Reserved keywords are: ")
for resrvd_words in keyword.kwlist:
    print(resrvd_words)

Output:

False
None
True
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A simple function to check reserved keywords. keyword has a function iskeyword() which takes one argument for word to check if the entered string is keyword or not.

#Library for keyword 
import keyword
#w = ['abc','efg','True']

#Function which checks if the entered string is keyword or not
def _CRKW_(w):
    if keyword.iskeyword(w):
        return "Reserved keywords"
    else:
        return "Non reserved words"
            
_CRKW_('T')

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