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alias

Add an alias in the current namespace to another
namespace. Arguments are two symbols: the alias to be used, and
the symbolic name of the target namespace. Use :as in the ns macro in preference
to calling this directly.

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```
user=> (require 'clojure.string)
nil

user=> (alias 'string 'clojure.string)
nil

user=> (string/capitalize "hONdURas")
"Honduras"
```
user=> (require 'clojure.string) nil user=> (alias 'string 'clojure.string) nil user=> (string/capitalize "hONdURas") "Honduras"

Source clojure/core.clj:3299 top

(defn alias
  "Add an alias in the current namespace to another
  namespace. Arguments are two symbols: the alias to be used, and
  the symbolic name of the target namespace. Use :as in the ns macro in preference
  to calling this directly."
  {:added "1.0"}
  [alias namespace-sym]
  (.addAlias *ns* alias (find-ns namespace-sym)))

Vars in clojure.core/alias: *ns* defn find-ns

Used in 0 other vars

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