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Return whether `lhs` is ordered before `rhs` or they are equal&period;

== Synopsis

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

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;
    class LHS&lowbar;TYPE,
    class RHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
bool
operator&lt;&equals;(
    LHS&lowbar;TYPE const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableValueRef.adoc[NullableValueRef&lt;RHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;] const& rhs);
----

== Description

Return `true` if the specified `lhs` is ordered before the specified `rhs` nullable wrapper or `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise&period; (See `operator&lt;` and `operator&equals;&equals;`&period;) Note that this operator returns `!(rhs &lt; lhs)`&period;

== Return Value

`true` if the specified `lhs` is ordered before the specified `rhs` nullable wrapper or `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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