What is a Keyword in C ?

In C Programming language, there are many rules so to avoid different types of errors. One such rule is not able to declare variable names with auto, long, etc. This is all because these are keywords. Let us check all keywords in C language.

Keywords are predefined or reserved words that have special meanings to the compiler. These are part of the syntax and cannot be used as identifiers in the program. A list of keywords in C or reserved words in the C programming language are mentioned below:

The Keywords in C

→ auto     → break     → case     → char     → const     → continue     →  default    → do       → double     → else      → enum       → extern     → float     → for     → goto   → if     → int     → long     → register     → return     → short     → signed     → sizeof     → static     → struct     → switch     → typedef     → union     → unsigned     → void     → volatile     → while