Keywords in C#

 

Keywords: 

v C# contains reserved words that have special meaning for the compiler. These reserved words are called "keywords".

 

v C# is rich in features and keywords, which help in making the language strong and versatile.

 

v These keywords also have special significance and hence cannot be used as identifier names for variable name, class name, constants names or interface names etc.

 

v If we want to use the keywords as identifiers, we may prefix the keyword with @ character.

 

The keywords in C# are categorized under various groups. These are:

 

1.     Modifier Keywords

2.     Access Modifier Keywords

3.     Statement Keywords

4.     Method Parameter Keyword

5.     Access Keywords

6.     Namespace Keywords

7.     Literal Keywords

8.     Operator Keywords

9.     Contextual Keywords

10.Type Keywords

    11.Query Keywords

 

 

Type	Keywords
Modifier Keywords	abstract, async, const, event, extern, new, override, partial, readonly, sealed, static, unsafe, virtual, volatile
Access Modifier Keywords	public, private, protected, internal
Statement Keywords	if, else, switch, case, do, for, foreach, in, while, break, continue, default, goto, return, yield, throw, try, catch, finally, checked, unchecked, fixed, lock
Method Parameter Keyword	params, ref, out
Access Keywords	base, this
Namespace Keywords	using, . operator, :: operator, extern alias
Literal Keywords	null, false, true, value, void
Operator Keywords	as, await, is, new, sizeof, typeof, stackalloc, checked, unchecked
Contextual Keywords	add, var, dynamic, global, set, value
Type Keywords	bool, byte, char, class, decimal, double, enum, float, int, long, sbyte, short, string, struct, uint, ulong, ushort
Query Keywords	from, where, select, group, into, orderby, join, let, in, on, equals, by, ascending, descending