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are strictfp, goto, const etc reserved words or keywords ?

 
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if we are asked in the exam which of the following are keywords and we have
goto
const
strictfp
widefp
true
false
null
which are true choices ? please be sure about your answer and explain. thanks
 
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goto,const,strictfp are reserved--you cannot use any of these words as names in your Java programs.
true, false, and null are not keywords but they are reserved words, so you cannot use them as names in your programs either.
so the right answer would be goto,const & strictfp
 
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Vinod,what u said is correct.
If i changed the question as,
which of the following are reserverd words?
goto
const
continue
case
what would be the choices.(i'm totally confused with keywords and reserved words)
regards
Javeed
 
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goto,const,continue,case -> all these are reserved & Java keywords.What it means is that you cannot use any of these words as names in your Java programs.
now true & false are boolean literals. they are also reserved words but they r not keywords. same goes for null also. You can think of it as the keywords are not values whereas tru,false,null represent some values. So when they say reserved it means they r kept for a reason, u can't use them in any other way.
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