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Less&hyphen;than operators

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdlc&lowbar;compactedarray&period;h&gt;`


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----
template&lt;&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-02b.adoc[operator&lt;&lt;&gt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const&,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const&);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-02b.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return true if `lhs` precedes `rhs` in the referenced array&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-02e.adoc[operator&lt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-02e.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return whether the left iterator precedes the right (see free `operator&lt;`)&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-03.adoc[operator&lt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator] const&,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator] const&);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-03.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return `true` if the specified `lhs` has a value less than the specified `rhs`, and `false` otherwise&period; Iterator `lhs` has a value less than iterator `rhs` if `0 &lt; rhs &hyphen; lhs` (see `operator&hyphen;`)&period; The behavior is undefined unless `lhs` and `rhs` refer to the same array&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0a6.adoc[operator&lt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0a6.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return `true` if the underlying object value of the specified `lhs` is less than the value of the specified `rhs`, and `false` otherwise&period; Note that the reference count is intentionally ignored&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0a9.adoc[operator&lt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_CountedValue.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;CountedValue&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& lhs,
    TYPE const& rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0a9.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return `true` if the value of the specified `lhs` is less than the underlying object value of the specified `rhs`, and `false` otherwise&period; Note that the reference count is intentionally ignored&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0c.adoc[operator&lt;](
    TYPE const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_CountedValue.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;CountedValue&lt;TYPE&gt;] const& rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_lt-0c.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#


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