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`compareEqual` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_stringref.h>`

Return `true` if `a` is equal to `b`, and `false` otherwise.


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template<class CHAR_TYPE>
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bool
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    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<CHAR_TYPE>] const& a,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<CHAR_TYPE>] const& b);
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Return `true` if `a` is equal to C‐string `b`, and `false` otherwise.


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template<class CHAR_TYPE>
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp_CompareUtil/compareEqual-0c.adoc[compareEqual](
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<CHAR_TYPE>] const& a,
    CHAR_TYPE const* b);
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== Return Value

`true` if `a` equals `b`, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *a*
| first string reference to compare
| *b*
| second string reference to compare
|===


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