python keyword arguments

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

What is keyword?

A keyword is a “reserved word” by the language which convey a special meaning to the interpreter. It may be a command or a parameter. it is a word that cannot be used as a variable name, function names, or any other identifiers in the program .

what are python keywords?

Python keywords are some words that convey special meaning. Examples of keywords registered by python are as follow:

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

How do we check if a string is keyword?

in python there is an inbuilt module keyword which handles certain operations related to keywords. there is a function too iskeyword() which is used to check if a string is keyword or not. Returns true if a string is keyword, else returns false.
let's try to write a code that tell us if our string is a keyword or not.

Example

# we need to import "keyword" for keyword operations 
import keyword  
# state the list of all string we want to test
str_test = ["in", "while", "loop", "break", "evening", 
"elif", "assert", "maxwizard", "lambda", "else", "map"] 

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

OUTPUT:

in is python keyword
while is python keyword
loop is not a python keyword
break is python keyword
evening is not a python keyword
elif is python keyword
assert is python keyword
maxwizard is not a python keyword
lambda is python keyword
else is python keyword
map is not a python keyword

But what if you are working how will you make sure you don't use all this keywords as variable? well it might be a difficult task to remember all while assigning variable names. Hence a function kwlist() is provided in “keyword” module which prints all the 33 python keywords for you here is how to print it below.
Example2

#Python code on how iskeyword() works

# importing "keyword" for keyword operations 
import keyword 
# printing all keywords at once using "kwlist()" 
print ("The list of keywords is below : ") 
print (keyword.kwlist) 

Output:

The list of keywords is : 
['False', 'None', 'True', 'and', 'as', 'assert', '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']

Notice that kwlist will return the list of all 33 keywords in python.