Bash alias to script generating shebang text

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How to create an alias to short code snippet that generates shebang (#!/bin/bash) text?

I'm looking for something like:

alias createConfiger='echo -e "#!/bin/bash\necho configvalue" > printConfig.sh' 
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You need to do it in two steps, and apparently use single-quotes as well:

tempvar='#!/bin/bash\necho configvalue'
alias createConfiger='echo -e "$tempvar" > printConfig.sh'