C keywords
This is a list of reserved keywords in C. Since they are used by the language, these keywords are not available for re-definition.
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The most common keywords that begin with an underscore are generally used through their convenience macros:
keyword | used as | defined in |
_Alignas (since C11)
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alignas | stdalign.h
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_Alignof (since C11)
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alignof | stdalign.h
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_Atomic (since C11)
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atomic_bool, atomic_int, ... | stdatomic.h
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_Bool (since C99)
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bool | stdbool.h
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_Complex (since C99)
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complex | complex.h
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_Decimal128 (since C23)
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_Decimal32 (since C23)
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_Decimal64 (since C23)
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_Generic (since C11)
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_Imaginary (since C99)
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imaginary | complex.h
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_Noreturn (since C11)
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noreturn | stdnoreturn.h
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_Static_assert (since C11)
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static_assert | assert.h
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_Thread_local (since C11)
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thread_local | threads.h
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Also, each name that begins with a double underscore __ or an underscore followed by an uppercase letter is reserved: see identifier for details.
Note that digraphs <%
, %>
, <:
, :>
, %:
, and %:%:
provide an alternative way to represent standard tokens.
The following tokens are recognized by the preprocessor when they are used within the context of a preprocessor directive:
defined |
The following tokens are recognized by the preprocessor when they are used outside the context of a preprocessor directive:
_Pragma (since C99) |
The following additional keywords are classified as extensions and conditionally-supported:
References
- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
- 6.4.1 Keywords (p: 42-43)
- J.5.9 The fortran keyword (p: 422)
- J.5.10 The asm keyword (p: 422)
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 6.4.1 Keywords (p: 58-59)
- J.5.9 The fortran keyword (p: 580)
- J.5.10 The asm keyword (p: 580)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 6.4.1 Keywords (p: 50)
- J.5.9 The fortran keyword (p: 514)
- J.5.10 The asm keyword (p: 514)
- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
- 3.1.1 Keywords
- G.5.9 The fortran keyword
- G.5.10 The asm keyword