# get\_name\_ea

```
Get linear address of a name
     from - the referring address.
            Allows to retrieve local label addresses in functions.
            If a local name is not found, then address of a global name is returned.
     name - name of program byte
returns: address of the name
         BADADDR - no such name
Dummy names (like byte_xxxx where xxxx are hex digits) are parsed by this
function to obtain the address. The database is not consulted for them.

long get_name_ea(long from, string name);
#define get_name_ea_simple(name)  get_name_ea(BADADDR, name)
```


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