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SET ALIAS (continued)

Reserved Words

The following words are reserved on the Dialog system and cannot be used as aliases:

ALIAS AND CANCEL

FROM NOT OFF

ON OR SET

Turning Aliases ON and OFF

The SET ALIAS OFF command disables all aliases; SET ALIAS ON restores them. You can also turn a particular alias ON or OFF by specifying the alias in the command.

• To turn an alias ON and OFF:

?set alias off
All aliases are set OFF.

?set alias on
% is set ON as an alias for (S).
CHOOSE is set ON as an alias for SELECT
ADJ is st ON as an alias for (w)
ECO is set ON as an alias for 40,55,34.
ENG is set ON as an alias for 2,6,8.
GEO is set ON as an alias for 58,89,292.
LIST is set ON as an alias for DISPLAY SETS.

The ability to temporarily disable an alias is especially useful when you wish to use a search term that is also an alias in a SELECT command.

• To turn a specific alias ON and OFF:

?set alias economics 139,622
ECONOMICS is set ON as an alias for 139,622.
 
?begin economics

SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File 139:EconLit 1969-2008/Feb
         (c) 2008 American Economic Association
  File 622:The Economist 2008/Feb 10 
         (c) 2008 EIU Magazines
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?choose keynesian adj economics
            6063  KEYNESIAN
               0  139,622
      S1       0  KEYNESIAN (W) 139,622
 
?set alias economics off
ECONOMICS is set OFF as an alias for 139,622.
 
?choose keynesian adj economics
           6063  KEYNESIAN
          224909  ECONOMICS
      S2     685  KEYNESIAN(W)ECONOMICS

Canceling an Alias

To cancel an alias completely, enter the SET ALIAS command followed by the alias and then the word CANCEL. To CANCEL all aliases, enter SET ALIAS CANCEL. If the SET ALIAS command is stored in your profile, it will be re-executed each time you log on to Dialog. You must use the EDIT PROFILE command to delete an alias from your profile.

• To cancel an alias:

?set alias economics cancel
ECONOMICS alias is cancelled.

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