[#bsl-operator_eq-02e]
= xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::operator==
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` string has the same value as the specified `rhs` string, and `false` otherwise. Two strings have the same value if they have the same length, and the characters at each respective position have the same value according to `CHAR_TRAITS::eq`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class CHAR_TYPE,
    class CHAR_TRAITS,
    class ALLOC>
bool
operator==(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOC>] const& lhs,
    CHAR_TYPE const* rhs);
----


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