C Keywords (Reserved Words)

Keywords (Reserved Words) – The meaning of some words is reserved in a language. For example:  do, while, for, if, break, etc.

C keywords are the words that convey a special meaning to the c compiler.  The programmer can use these words in predefined manner. These are called keywords or reserve words.  The keywords cannot be used as variable names because by doing so, we are trying to assign a new meaning to the keyword which is not allowed.

The list of C keywords is given below:

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