what is alias
what is shortcut
what ia alias shortcut and diff among them if u know
explain clearly

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what is alias what is shortcut what ia alias shortcut and diff among them if u know explain clea..

Answer / chinni

If u perform any operations in alias it will not affect on
the orginal data.

If u perform any operations in shortcut it will affect on
the original data.

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what is alias what is shortcut what ia alias shortcut and diff among them if u know explain clea..

Answer / jithender

the above Ans is correct, alias is also a shortcut, but with different name, uses to avoid loops
shortcut is pointer to original data

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