Call Function within a Function (reusable code)?

Hi all,

I’m trying to call a function within a function, which I can do if I don’t need it to return false. But I need it to return false (if it is)…how? I want to have this search.js file to be “re-usable” by two different search pages:

[code]
//*********************************
//**** INITIAL SEARCH CRITERIA ****
//*********************************
function initialSearch(sCat) {
if (sCat == “_”) {
alert(“some alert.”);
search.sCat.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}

//*******************************
//**** BASIC SEARCH CRITERIA ****
//this is called from search page 1
//*******************************
function searchBasic() {

var sCat = search.sCat.value;
initialSearch(sCat); //if initial check is false…don’t go into code below (right now it does)

if (search.sVar1.value==”_”) {
alert(“some alert”);
search.sVar1.focus();
return false;
}

if (search.sVar2.value==”_”) {
alert(“some alert.”);
search.sVar2.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}

//***********************************
//**** ADVANCED SEARCH CRITERIA ****
//this is called from search page 2.
//***********************************
//work in progress…
function searchAdvanced() {

return initialSearch();

searchBasic(); //re-use basic logic if any in basic logic fails…return false out of all code.

//more complex checking in the works…

return true;
}
[/code]

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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