Keywords - GNU Octave
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### I.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` | `endevents`
`endfor` | `endfunction` | `endif`
`endmethods` | `endproperties` | `endswitch`
`endwhile` | `events` | `for`
`function` | `get` | `global`
`if` | `methods` | `otherwise`
`persistent` | `properties` | `return`
`set` | `static` | `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.

— Built-in Function: iskeyword ()
— Built-in Function: iskeyword (name)

> Return true if name is an Octave keyword. If name is omitted, return a list of keywords.

> See also: isvarname, exist.