Built-in Keywords

You need to know the keywords for Python because you should not use them as variable, class, or function names.

Questions to David Rotermund

Keywords

import keyword

print(keyword.kwlist)
print()
print(keyword.softkwlist) # -> ['_', 'case', 'match']

Output:

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

False

None

True

and

as

assert

async

await

break

class

continue

def

del

elif

else

except

finally

for

from

global

if

import

in

is

lambda

nonlocal

not

or

pass

raise

return

try

while

with

yield

_

case

match