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# get\_debug\_name

```
Get the name assigned to the ea by the debugger module
     ea  - linear address
     how - one of the DEBNAME_ constants

string get_debug_name(long ea, long how);

#define DEBNAME_EXACT 0 // find a name at exactly the specified address
#define DEBNAME_LOWER 1 // find a name with the address >= the specified address
#define DEBNAME_UPPER 2 // find a name with the address >  the specified address
#define DEBNAME_NICE  3 // find a name with the address <= the specified address
```


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