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Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_string.h>`

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

`true` if the strings compare equal ignoring case

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhsString*
| left‐hand null‐terminated string
| *rhsString*
| right‐hand string
|===


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