find index of < symbol in a string

[meenu24]

Hi
I am the following encoder to unencode by < symbol. This unencoder worked for &nbsp quite well. Thanks to Adam again.
String.prototype.htmlUnencode = function(){
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = this;
return div.innerText;
}
var str = "<sometext";
str.htmlUnecnode(); - this returns me a blank string always.
I am trying to find if a string contains "<" symbol using indexOf function. For that I am unecodign the String then passing to indexOf function.
Where am I going wrong.

thanks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

"htmlUne[!]cn[/!]ode" != "htmlUne[!]nc[/!]ode".

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

meenu24,

Did fixing that typo work, or do you still have a problem?

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[meenu24]

I fixed the typo, still I did have the problem, but I had a work around, which did not involve the "<" symbol removal.

Thanks for the followup

Meena