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 Regular API functionsimSetObjectAlias / sim.setObjectAlias  
 
| Description | Sets the alias of an object. See also sim.getObjectAlias. |   
| C/C++ synopsis
 | simInt simSetObjectAlias(simInt objectHandle,const simChar* objectAlias,simInt options=0) |   
| C/C++ parameters
 | objectHandle: handle of the object. objectAlias: alias of the object. Allowed characters include 0-9, a-z, A-Z, and underscores. Illegal characters will be replaced with underscores. |   
| C/C++ return value
 | -1 if operation was not successful
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| Lua synopsis
 | sim.setObjectAlias(int objectHandle,string objectAlias) |   
| Lua parameters
 | Similar to the C-function counterpart |   
| Lua return values
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| Python synopsis
 | sim.setObjectAlias(int objectHandle,string objectAlias) |  
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