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Georg Brandl116aa622007-08-15 14:28:22 +00001:mod:`keyword` --- Testing for Python keywords
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4.. module:: keyword
5 :synopsis: Test whether a string is a keyword in Python.
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Raymond Hettinger10480942011-01-10 03:26:08 +00007**Source code:** :source:`Lib/keyword.py`
Georg Brandl116aa622007-08-15 14:28:22 +00008
9This module allows a Python program to determine if a string is a keyword.
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12.. function:: iskeyword(s)
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14 Return true if *s* is a Python keyword.
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17.. data:: kwlist
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19 Sequence containing all the keywords defined for the interpreter. If any
20 keywords are defined to only be active when particular :mod:`__future__`
21 statements are in effect, these will be included as well.