Javascript indexof problems

[BIOSTALL]

Hey, i'm having some problems with the javascript indexof function.

I have this:

function checkinvalid() {
var cde, def

cde = document.getElementById('username');
def = document.getElementById('password');

if (cde.value.indexof == "<"||def.value.indexof == "<"||cde.value.indexof == ">"||def.value.indexof == ">") {
	alert("The < or > character cannot be used");
	return false;
}else{
	return true;
}}

Its returning true though :S I cant figure out why. I've tried escaping the < and > but its still not working. Anyone got any suggestions please??

Thanks, BIOSTALL

[sciguyryan]

Try this:

function checkinvalid() {
var cde, def
cde = document.getElementById('username');
def = document.getElementById('password');
if ((cde.value.indexOf("<") > 0) || (def.value.indexOf("<") > 0) || (cde.value.indexOf(">") > 0) || (def.value.indexOf(">") > 0)){
    window.alert("The < or > character cannot be used");
    return false;
}
else{
    return true;
}}

Cheers,

RyanJ

[BIOSTALL]

Cheers, code works a treat I just had to change the 0 to -1 so that it piked it up if > or < was the first or only character

Thanks again, BIOSTALL