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The Python Quick Syntax Reference
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The Python Quick Syntax Reference

by Gregory Walters
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
152 pages
2h 8m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 7

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Keywords

Keywords are special reserved words that cannot be used as variable names. Keywords will change over time as Python versions change. Below is a short program that will allow you to obtain a list of keywords specific for your version of Python. It is written using Python 3.x syntax, but will work for version 2.7 as well.

Import keywordprint(keyword.kwlist)

List of Python Keywords

Below is a list of Python keywords, in alphabetical order, for version 2.7.1.

and             as               assert          breakclass           continue         def             delelif            else             except          execfinally         ...
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