Question How do I check if the players vertical speed is negative

I am trying implement a gliding feature in my game and I can figure out how it get it to work only after the apex of the jump. I have a variable for vertical speed that is defined every frame, my problem is I get an error when I go to check to see if the vortical speed is a negative number and says that what I'm trying to do is invalid

here is the if statement I'm trying to do:

if (vertSpeed =< 0)

I am still learning unity so if there is an obvious solution I missed, my bad.

Edit: As user "spiney199" pointed out I had the symbols the wrong way around.

 

It's

<=

, rather than

=<

.

As always the C# docs are your friend: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/comparison-operators