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Return `true` if the value stored in `lhs` is less than `rhs`&period;

== Synopsis

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

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

== Description

Note that the reference count is intentionally ignored&period;

== Return Value

`true` if the value in `lhs` is less than `rhs`, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left&hyphen;hand&hyphen;side counted value
| *rhs*
| right&hyphen;hand&hyphen;side value
|===


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