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Return a `const` reference to the value of this metric of gauge type&period; The behavior is undefined unless `true &equals;&equals; isGuage()`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlm&lowbar;metric&period;h&gt;`

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xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/Metric/Gauge.adoc[Metric::Gauge] const&
theGauge() const;
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