List of Keywords and reverved words in Javascript
By: Emiley J. in Javascript Tutorials on 2008-08-15
Keywords
By rule, keywords are reserved and cannot be used as variable or function names. Here is the complete list of JavaScript keywords:
break
case
catch
continue
default
delete
do
else
finally
for
function
if
in
instanceof
new
return
switch
this
throw
try
typeof
var
void
while
with
If you use a keyword as a variable or function name, you will probably be greeted with an error message like this: “Identifier expected.”
Reserved Words
JavaScript also defines a number of reserved words. The reserved words are, in a sense, words that are reserved for future use as keywords. Because of this, reserved words cannot be used as variable or function names. The complete list of reserved words in ECMA-262 Edition 3 is as follows:
abstract
boolean
byte
char
class
const
debugger
double
enum
export
extends
final
float
goto
int
interface
implements
import
long
native
package
private
protected
public
short
static
super
synchronized
throws
transient
volatile
If you use a reserved word as a variable or function name, more than likely you will not receive an error...until a future browser implements one of them. Then the word will be considered a keyword, and you will get a keyword error.
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