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Return `true` if `lhs` is less than the value stored in `rhs`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>`

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----
template<class TYPE>
bool
operator<(
    TYPE const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_CountedValue.adoc[CompactedArray_CountedValue<TYPE>] const& rhs);
----

== Description

Note that the reference count is intentionally ignored.

== Return Value

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

== Parameters

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


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