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Reserved word and Key word
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Parameswaran Thangavel
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Joined: Mar 01, 2005
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hi
whats the difference between the reserved word and keyword.
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Ram Naresh
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Joined: Mar 28, 2005
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similarity is that both cannot be used as identifiers, difference is that reserved words like goto were not consider safe to use, so cannot be used. there are close substitutes like break,continue with labels for goto and public static final instead of const.
Ram
[ April 09, 2005: Message edited by: Ram Naresh ]
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Raghu Shree
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Joined: Mar 18, 2005
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Hi
key words are nothing but reserve words. we can't use this as a identifiers for variable name,class name, method name etc., But one slight different between keyword and reserve word. goto and const are not keyword. if we use this compiler shows an error message. but we can't use this as a identifier. These type of words are called reserve words.
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