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`areEqualCaseless` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;string&period;h&gt;`

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-05.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& lhsString,
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-05.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-04.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& lhsString,
    char const* rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-04.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-014.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-014.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two C&hyphen;style strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-09d.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    char const* rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-09d.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-0c.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& lhsString,
    char const* rhsString,
    int rhsLength);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-0c.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-086.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    int lhsLength,
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-086.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-0d.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    int lhsLength,
    char const* rhsString);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-0d.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-09b.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    char const* rhsString,
    int rhsLength);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-09b.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-084.adoc[areEqualCaseless](
    char const* lhsString,
    int lhsLength,
    char const* rhsString,
    int rhsLength);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/areEqualCaseless-084.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

== Return Value

`true` if the strings compare equal ignoring case

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhsString*
| the left&hyphen;hand string
| *rhsString*
| the right&hyphen;hand string
| *rhsLength*
| the length of `rhsString`
| *lhsLength*
| length of `lhsString`
|===


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