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Assign to this metric the specified `value`&period;

== Synopsis

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

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xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/Metric.adoc[Metric]&
operator&equals;(xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/Metric/Gauge.adoc[Gauge] const& value);
----

== Return Value

a non&hyphen;`const` reference to this object

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *value*
| gauge value to assign
|===


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