# `keyword` --- Testing for Python keywords

Source code: Lib/keyword.py

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

keyword.iskeyword(s)

  Return `True` if s is a Python keyword.

keyword.kwlist

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

keyword.issoftkeyword(s)

  Return `True` if s is a Python soft keyword.

  Added in version 3.9.

keyword.softkwlist

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

  Added in version 3.9.