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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` represent the same numeric value, and `false` otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdljsn_numberutil.h>`

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static
bool
areEqual(
    std::string_view const& lhs,
    std::string_view const& rhs);
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== Description

This function will return `true` for differing representations of the same number (e.g., `1.0`, "1", "0.1e+1" are all equivalent) _except_ in cases where the exponent cannot be represented by a 64‐bit integer. If the exponent is outside the range of a 64‐bit integer, `true` will be returned if `lhs == rhs`. For example, comparing "1e18446744073709551615" with itself will return `true`, but comparing it to "10e18446744073709551614" will return `false`. The behavior is undefined unless `isValidNumber(lhs)` and `isValidNumber(rhs)`.

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` and `rhs` represent the same numeric value, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand JSON number text
| *rhs*
| right‐hand JSON number text
|===


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