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Return `true` if `lhs` is less than `rhs`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimal&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;
    class CHARTYPE,
    class TRAITS&gt;
bsl::basic&lowbar;ostream&lt;CHARTYPE, TRAITS&gt;&
operator&lt;&lt;(
    bsl::basic&lowbar;ostream&lt;CHARTYPE, TRAITS&gt;& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] object);
----

== Description

Write the value of the specified `object` to the specified output `stream` in a single line format as described in the IEEE&hyphen;754 2008 standard (5&period;12 Details of conversions between floating point numbers and external character sequences), and return a reference providing modifiable access to `stream`&period; If `stream` is not valid on entry, this operation has no effect&period;

NOTE&colon; This method does not yet fully support iostream flags or the decimal floating point exception context&period;

== Return Value

reference providing modifiable access to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| stream to read from or write to
| *object*
| object whose value is written
|===


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