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Return whether two strings compare equal ignoring case&period;

== Synopsis

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

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static
bool
areEqualCaseless(
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] const& lhsString,
    char const* rhsString,
    int rhsLength);
----

== Description

Return `true` if the specified `lhsString` and `rhsString` of the specified `rhsLength` compare equal ignoring case, and `false` otherwise&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 C&hyphen;style string
| *rhsLength*
| the length of `rhsString`
|===


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