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Return a string reference providing non&hyphen;modifiable access to the message attribute of this record attributes object&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;ball&lowbar;recordattributes&period;h&gt;`

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== Description

Note that the returned string reference is not null&hyphen;terminated, and may contain null (&apos;0&apos;) characters&period;

== Return Value

string reference to the message attribute


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