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Return `true` if `lhs` is less than `rhs`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdldfp_decimal.h>`

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----
template<
    class CHARTYPE,
    class TRAITS>
bsl::basic_ostream<CHARTYPE, TRAITS>&
operator<<(
    bsl::basic_ostream<CHARTYPE, TRAITS>& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal64.adoc[Decimal64] object);
----

== Description

Write the value of the specified `object` to the specified output `stream` in a single line format as described in the IEEE‐754 2008 standard (5.12 Details of conversions between floating point numbers and external character sequences), and return a reference providing modifiable access to `stream`. If `stream` is not valid on entry, this operation has no effect.

NOTE: This method does not yet fully support iostream flags or the decimal floating point exception context.

== Return Value

reference providing modifiable access to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| stream to read from or write to
| *object*
| object whose value is written
|===


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