What Are Keywords in C#?

C# is rich in features and keywords, which help in making the language strong and versatile. Keywords are reserved words with special meaning that is known to the compiler. These keywords also have special significance and hence cannot be used as identifier names for variable-name, class-name, or interface-name. In this chapter, you will get to know more about C# keywords.



C# Keywords and Its Type

Keywords are reserved words having special meaning whose meaning is already defined to the compiler. The keywords in C# are categorized under various groups. These are:

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


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