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<h1>nng_stat_name(3)</h1>
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<p>nng_stat_name - get statistic name</p>
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<pre class="pygments highlight"><code data-lang="c"><span></span><span class="tok-cp">#include</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-cpf">&lt;nng/nng.h&gt;</span>

<span class="tok-k">typedef</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-k">struct</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-nc">nng_stat</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-n">nng_stat</span><span class="tok-p">;</span>

<span class="tok-k">const</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-kt">char</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-nf">nng_stat_name</span><span class="tok-p">(</span><span class="tok-n">nng_stat</span><span class="tok-w"> </span><span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-n">stat</span><span class="tok-p">);</span></code></pre>
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<p>The <code>nng_stat_name()</code> function returns the name for the statistic <em>stat</em>.</p>
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The global root statistic will have the empty string ("") as it&#8217;s name.
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<p>The name of statistic <em>stat</em>.</p>
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<h2 id="_errors">ERRORS</h2>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
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<p><a href="libnng.3.html">libnng(3)</a>,
<a href="nng_stats_get.3.html">nng_stats_get(3)</a>,
<a href="nng_stat.5.html">nng_stat(5)</a>,
<a href="nng.7.html">nng(7)</a></p>
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