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Compare (the referent data of) the specified `lhs` and `rhs`&period; Return `true` if `lhs` and `rhs` are equal up to a case conversion, and `false` otherwise&period; See &lcub;Caseless Comparisons&rcub;&period;

== Synopsis

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

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static
bool
areEqualCaseless(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& rhs);
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