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How to check if a string is a valid keyword in Python?

Last Updated : 25 Nov, 2023

In programming, a keyword is a "reserved word" by the language that conveys special meaning to the interpreter. It may be a command or a parameter. Keywords cannot be used as a variable name in the program snippet.

Python also reserves some keywords that convey special meaning. Knowledge of these is a necessary part of learning this language. Below is a list of keywords registered by Python. 

False, elif, lambda, None, else, nonlocal, True, except, not, and, finally, or, as, for, pass, assert, from, raise, break, global, return, class, if, try, continue, import, while, def, in, with, del is, yield

Python in its language defines an inbuilt module keyword that handles certain operations related to keywords. iskeyword() checks if a string is a keyword or not. Returns true if a string is a keyword, else returns false.

# importing "keyword" for keyword operations
import keyword
# initializing strings for testing while putting them in an array
keys = ["for", "geeksforgeeks", "elif", "elseif", "nikhil",
        "assert", "shambhavi", "True", "False", "akshat", 
        "akash", "break", "ashty", "lambda", "suman",
        "try", "vaishnavi"]

for i in range(len(keys)):
     # checking which are keywords
    if keyword.iskeyword(keys[i]):
        print(keys[i] + " is python keyword")
    else:
        print(keys[i] + " is not a python keyword")

for is python keyword
geeksforgeeks is not a python keyword
elif is python keyword
elseif is not a python keyword
nikhil is not a python keyword
assert is python keyword
shambhavi is not a python keyw...

Sometimes, remembering all the keywords can be a difficult task while assigning variable names. Hence, kwlist() function is provided in the keyword module which prints all the 33 python keywords.

# importing "keyword" for keyword operations
import keyword

# printing all keywords at once using "kwlist()"
print ("The list of keywords is : ")
print (keyword.kwlist)

The list of keywords is : 
['and', 'as', 'assert', 'break', 'class', 'continue', 'def', 'del', 'elif', 'else', 'except', 'exec', 'finally', 'for', 'from', 'global', 'if', 'import', 'in', 'is', 'lambda...

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