# Alias for the clojure.string Namespace

In Clojure, it's possible to alias a namespace in so many ways. You can read more at \[clojure.org\]([https://www.clojure.org/guides/learn/namespaces](https://www.clojure.org/guides/learn/namespaces)). I'm used to seeing the alias for the namespace `clojure.string` as `str`. I haven't been coding much lately. Today, I was reminded that Clojure's `str` function is spelled the same way! Aliasing doesn't prevent using the function `str`:

```clojure
(require '[clojure.string :as str])
(str 5)
;; => "5"
```

A teammate asked if we could use a different alias, like `cs` or `strs`. What's the advantage of using a different aliases than `str`? Making it easier to grep for references to the `str` function?

I was curious to see what's out there in the wild. [Metabase seems to largely use the `str` alias](https://github.com/search?q=org%3Ametabase+%22clojure.string+%3Aas%22&type=code), as well as that clojure.org article mentioned above!