There are certain keywords that you cannot use in Javascript. Below you will find a list of all reserved keywords.
Here are keywords that you can’t use in JavaScript for variable names and identifiers:
await
, break
, case
, catch
, class
, const
, continue
, debugger
, default
, delete
, do
, else
, enum
, export
, extends
, false
, finally
, for
, function
, if
, implements
, import
, in
, instanceof
, interface
, new
, null
, package
, private
, protected
, public
, return
, super
, switch
, this
, throw
, true
, try
, typeof
, var
, void
, while
, with
, yield
You should also avoid these HTML event handlers as identifiers:
onblur
, onclick
, onerror
, onfocus
, onkeydown
, onkeypress
, onkeyup
, onmouseover
, onload
, onmouseup
, onmousedown
, onsubmit
Reserved keywords are an important element in Javascript. For a more comprehensive overview of the programming language, visit our tutorial series, How To Code in Javascript.
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