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Compare `lhs` and `rhs` after converting both to upper case.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_stringrefutil.h>`

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static
int
upperCaseCmp(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& rhs);
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== Description

Compare (the referent data of) the specified `lhs` and `rhs`. Return 1 if, after a conversion to upper case, `lhs` is greater than `rhs`, 0 if `lhs` and `rhs` are equal up to a case conversion, and ‐1 otherwise. See {Caseless Comparisons}.

== Return Value

1 if `lhs` is greater, 0 if equal, and ‐1 otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand string to compare
| *rhs*
| right‐hand string to compare
|===


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