[[painless-keywords]]
=== Keywords

Keywords are reserved tokens for built-in language features.

*Errors*

If a keyword is used as an <<painless-identifiers, identifier>>.

*Keywords*

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|====
| if | else | while | do | for
| in | continue | break | return | new
| try | catch | throw | this | instanceof
|====