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F.1 Keywords

The following identifiers are keywords, and may not be used as variable or function names:

__FILE__	__LINE__	break
case	catch	classdef
continue	do	else
elseif	end	end_try_catch
end_unwind_protect	endclassdef	endenumeration
endevents	endfor	endfunction
endif	endmethods	endparfor
endproperties	endswitch	endwhile
enumeration	events	for
function	global	if
methods	otherwise	parfor
persistent	properties	return
switch	try	until
unwind_protect	unwind_protect_cleanup	while

The function iskeyword can be used to quickly check whether an identifier is reserved by Octave.

: iskeyword () ¶

: iskeyword (name) ¶

Return true if name is an Octave keyword.

If name is omitted, return a list of keywords.

See also: isvarname, exist.