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

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_timetable.h>`

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----
bool
operator<(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Timetable_CompactableTransition.adoc[Timetable_CompactableTransition] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Timetable_CompactableTransition.adoc[Timetable_CompactableTransition] const& rhs);
----

== Description

Return `true` if the specified `lhs` has a value less than the specified `rhs`, and `false` otherwise. Compactable transition `lhs` has a value less than compactable transition `rhs` if `lhs.time() < rhs.time()`, or `lhs.time() == rhs.time()` and `lhs.code() < rhs.code()`.

== Return Value

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

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| first compactable transition
| *rhs*
| second compactable transition
|===


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