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Python keywords are reserved words with special meanings that are part of the language's syntax, representing various programming constructs. They cannot be used as identifiers like variable names because doing so would conflict with the language's parsing rules. Examples of Python keywords include 'if', 'def', and 'for'.

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Python keywords are reserved words with special meanings that are part of the language's syntax, representing various programming constructs. They cannot be used as identifiers like variable names because doing so would conflict with the language's parsing rules. Examples of Python keywords include 'if', 'def', and 'for'.

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What are Python keywords?

Python keywords are reserved words that have special meaning in the Python programming language.
These words are part of the syntax and are predefined by Python to represent various programming
constructs, such as control flow, data types, and other language features. Since they are part of the
language’s grammar, Python keywords cannot be used as identifiers (like variable names, function
names, or class names).
Three examples of Python keywords:
if – Used for conditional statements.
def – Used to define functions.
for – Used for looping through a sequence (like a list or a range).
Why can’t Python keywords be used as variable names?
Python keywords cannot be used as variable names because they are reserved for specific functions
within the language's syntax. If you were to use a keyword as a variable name, it would conflict with the
language's parsing rules and lead to errors. Python needs these keywords to be interpreted in a special
way to perform specific tasks (like creating loops or defining functions), so they can't be repurposed to
represent other things, such as variable names.

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