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Return the address of the non&hyphen;modifiable name of this metric id&period; The behavior is undefined unless `isValid()` is `true`&period; Note that this method is logically equivalent to `description()&hyphen;&gt;name()`&period;

== Synopsis

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

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char const*
metricName() const;
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