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<h1>nng_stat_string(3)</h1>
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<h2 id="_name">NAME</h2>
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<p>nng_stat_string - get statistic string value</p>
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<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<pre class="pygments highlight"><code data-lang="c"><span class="tok-cp">#include</span> <span class="tok-cpf">&lt;nng/nng.h&gt;</span>

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

<span class="tok-k">const</span> <span class="tok-kt">char</span> <span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-nf">nng_stat_string</span><span class="tok-p">(</span><span class="tok-n">nng_stat</span> <span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-n">stat</span><span class="tok-p">);</span></code></pre>
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>The <code>nng_stat_string()</code> function returns a string value for the statistic <em>stat</em>,
which must be of type <code>NNG_STAT_STRING</code> (see <a href="nng_stat_type.3.html"><code>nng_stat_type(3)</code></a>).</p>
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<p>If the statistic is not of type <code>NNG_STAT_STRING</code>, then <code>NULL</code> will be returned.</p>
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The returned string is valid until <a href="nng_stats_free.3.html"><code>nng_stats_free()</code></a> is called to
free the memory for the snapshot.
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<p>The string value associated with <em>stat</em>, or <code>NULL</code> if the statistic is not
a string type.</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_type.3.html">nng_stats_type(3)</a>,
<a href="nng_stat_value.3.html">nng_stats_value(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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