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:mod:`keyword` --- Testing for Python keywords
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.. module:: keyword
   :synopsis: Test whether a string is a keyword in Python.


This module allows a Python program to determine if a string is a keyword.


.. function:: iskeyword(s)

   Return true if *s* is a Python keyword.


.. data:: kwlist

   Sequence containing all the keywords defined for the interpreter.  If any
   keywords are defined to only be active when particular :mod:`__future__`
   statements are in effect, these will be included as well.

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