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Assign to this metric the specified `value`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlm_metric.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/Metric.adoc[Metric]&
operator=(xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/Metric/Gauge.adoc[Gauge] const& value);
----

== Return Value

a non‐`const` reference to this object

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *value*
| gauge value to assign
|===


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