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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balcl&lowbar;commandline&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
bool
operator&equals;&equals;(
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine.adoc[CommandLine] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine.adoc[CommandLine] const& rhs);
----

== Description

Two command&hyphen;line arguments have the same value if and only if they are both parsed successfully and have the same command&hyphen;line specifications and the same values for flags, options, and non&hyphen;option arguments&period; Note that two identical copies built with the same option table, but unparsed, are _not_ equal&period;

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left&hyphen;hand operand
| *rhs*
| right&hyphen;hand operand
|===


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