java keywords

[latif pawar]

Which of the following are Java keywords?
goto
malloc
extends
FALSE
according to me c is the answer.is goto also a keyword.Is there any difference between keyword and reserve word.
please explain.

[Axel Janssen]

Hi,
I've read one day in this forum that 'for the exam goto is keyword'. But not sure.
Axel

[Scott Appleton]

JLS 3.9 has the list of keywords. Goto is included, though it isn't actually used.

[Kaspar Dahlqvist]

Hello!
Mughal and Rasmussen argues that there are keywords (...), reserved keywords (const, goto), and reserved literals (null, true, false).
But I don't think there's any real difference between them. Another book I read said that there were reserved keywords, meaning all of the words above... So...
Have a nice day!
/Kaspar

[Asif Mehmood ch]

yes!goto is reserved key word that is not currentiy in use .
from new comer at javaranch
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[Ashik Uzzaman]

goto and extends. But not FALSE, rather false is a reserved keyword. Among them goto is not cuurently in use.


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[Anonymous]

Hi!
goto and extends are key words but there are also eight reserved words:
cast,future,generic,inner,operator,outer,rest,var
Be careful, don�t confound with key words.
hope that help

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Jordi,
Where did you get the list of 8 reserved words? Never seen them mentioned before.
The exam tests your knowledge of the keywords list in JLS �3.9 which includes 'goto' and 'const' even though they aren't utilized in the language.
'true', 'false' and 'null' are literals, not keywords. Like the cannot be used as identifiers.
You'll see questions about keywords and about identifiers.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform
[This message has been edited by Jane Griscti (edited July 15, 2001).]

[Anonymous]

Hi Jane!
I read this in a book "JAVA 2 Manual de usuario y tutorial" by Agust�n Froufe.
He is one of the best author about of java in Spain.

[Jane Griscti]

Well that would explain it, can't read Spanish First time I've seen those words referred to as reserved; wonder where the author got the info? There's nothing in the JLS that I could see.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform

[swati bannore]

I guess, Jane is right. Jordi ,there r no such keywords like these mention anywhere in JLS / in any Certification book.
This cld be confusing for the wanna-be-SCJP's .
Cross check ur ans before submitting here

[Anonymous]

Hi!
I don�t would like confound to the people, I try help only.
This link go to the page book where I read the information about reserved words.
The author is Agust�n Froufe, recomendable for a lot of teachers of Java. http://www.cica.es/formacion/JavaTut/Cap1/progra.html
Sorry for my bad english

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Jordi,
I didn't doubt you read the information somewhere Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure its wrong. If the listed words were truly 'reserved' you would not be able to use them as identifiers; when, in fact, you can.
The following code compiles without any errors.

class TestReserved {
    int cast;
    int future;
    int generic;
    int inner;    
    int operator;
    int outer;
    int rest;
    int var;
}

Whereas, if you try to use a keyword or the literals 'true', 'false', or 'null' as identifiers you get a compile error.
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform

[Thomas Paul]

And the list didn't include strictfp which is reserved.
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