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Return whether the left iterator precedes the right (see free `operator<`).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_packedintarray.h>`

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template<>
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-02e.adoc[operator<]<>(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const& rhs);
----

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` precedes `rhs`, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand‐side iterator
| *rhs*
| right‐hand‐side iterator
|===


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