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Return the address of the non&hyphen;modifiable name for the category with which this metric id is associated&period;

== Synopsis

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

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----
char const*
categoryName() const;
----

== Description

The behavior is undefined unless `isValid()` is `true`&period; Note that this method is logically equivalent to `description()&hyphen;&gt;category()&hyphen;&gt;name()`&period;

== Return Value

address of the null&hyphen;terminated category name


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