[#BloombergLP-bdlb-StringRefUtil-areEqualCaseless] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/StringRefUtil.adoc[StringRefUtil]::areEqualCaseless :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Compare (the referent data of) the specified `lhs` and `rhs`. Return `true` if `lhs` and `rhs` are equal up to a case conversion, and `false` otherwise. See {Caseless Comparisons}. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_stringrefutil.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- static bool areEqualCaseless( xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& lhs, xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& rhs); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#