Keywords in Python
Keywords in Python
Keywords in Python are reserved words which cannot be used as identifiers where identifier is a name of a function, a variable, a class or any object. A number of keywords are available for use which have specific purpose and are listed below in the table.
| Keywords in Python | Description |
| and | This keyword works on two operands and returns True only if both of them are True, otherwise False. |
| as | This keyword is used to create an alias which is basically another name for something. |
| assert | This keyword is used for debugging. |
| break | This keyword is used to stop the loop from executing and the control falls to the statement immediately after it. |
| class | This keyword is used to define a class. |
| continue | This keyword is used to skip the current iteration of the loop and moves to the next iteration. |
| def | This keyword is used to define a function. |
| del | This keyword is used to delete an object. |
| elif | This keyword is used in conditional statements and is a variant of if statement. It is used so that more than one condition can be specified. |
| else | This keyword is used in conditional statements and is a variant of if statement. It is used to specify the last block that is executed if none of the conditions specified by if and elif is True. |
| except | This keyword is used with exceptions and tells what to do when an exception occurs. |
| False | This is one of the boolean values and is returned as a result of comparison operations. |
| finally | This keyword is used with exceptions and represent a block of code that will execute no matter if an exception occurs or not. |
| for | This keyword is used to create a for loop. |
| from | This keyword is used to import certain and specific parts of a module that is being imported in the current script. |
| global | This keyword is used to declare a global variable. |
| if | This keyword is used in conditional statements. |
| import | This keyword is used to import a module is the current script. |
| in | This keyword is a membership operator which validates membership of an object in the sequence like tuple, list, string, etc. |
| is | This keyword is used to test if two variables are equal. |
| lambda | This is used to create an anonymous function. |
| None | This keyword represents null value. |
| nonlocal | This keyword is used to declare a non-local variable. |
| not | This keyword represent a logical operator returns True if its operand is False and False if its operand is True. |
| not in | This keyword is a membership operator which validates no-membership of an object in the sequence like tuple, list, string, etc. |
| or | This keyword works on two operands and returns True if any of them is True, otherwise False. |
| pass | This keyword represents statement that does nothing. It is used when the code requires a statement but does not want it to do anything. |
| raise | This keyword is used to raise an exception |
| return | This keyword is used to exit a function and to return a value. |
| True | This is one of the boolean values and is returned as a result of comparison operations. |
| try | This keyword is used to make a try…except statement and represent a block of code that may result in an exception |
| while | This keyword is used to create a while loop. |
| with | This keyword is used to simplify exception handling. |
| yield | This keyword is used to end a function and returns a generator. |
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