Python Syntax and Semantics - Keywords

Keywords

Python has the following keywords or reserved words; they cannot be used as identifiers.

• and
• as
• assert
• break
• class
• continue
• def
• del
• elif
• else
• except
• exec (changed to a built-in function in 3.x)
• False (added in 3.x)
• finally
• for
• from
• global
• if
• import
• in
• is
• lambda
• None (added in 3.x)
• nonlocal (added in 3.x)
• not
• or
• pass
• print (changed to a built-in function in 3.x)
• raise
• return
• True (added in 3.x)
• try
• while
• with
• yield

As exec and print are functions as of Python 3 they are not reserved words anymore.