# Alias\_method

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-method/156753>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 2, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-method/156753 "2009-01-02T12:58:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-method/156753/1 "2009-01-02T12:58:45Z")

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Hi  
Could anybody please explain what it is and how it used I have code  
like I did not understand what it means

alias\_method :set\_layout\_options, :layout\_options=

Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-method/156753/2 "2009-01-02T14:33:13Z")

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On Jan 2, 11:58 am, Sijo Kg [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi  
> Could anybody please explain what it is and how it used I have code  
> like I did not understand what it means

[http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Module.html#M001676](http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Module.html#M001676)

Fred