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Set the format for this metric description to the specified `format`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balm&lowbar;metricdescription&period;h&gt;`

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void
setFormat(xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[bsl::shared&lowbar;ptr&lt;MetricFormat const&gt;] const& format);
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== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *format*
| format specification to apply
|===


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