AE Script: Function to directly refer to a Project Item by Name

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The AE function written to refer to a Project Item by Name

I wrote this function to allow you to directly refer to a Project item by it’s name (assuming you know the name). This way you do not have to use the index number for the item, something I didn’t like when writing scripts:

function projectItem(name)
{
var items = app.project.items;
i = 1;
while (i <= items.length) {
  if (items[i].name == name)
 {
  return app.project.item(i);
  break;
  }
i++;
}
}

And here is an example of using it. Assuming there is a folder named ‘folder’ in the Project Window:

newComp = projectItem("folder").items.addComp("Lower-Level Comp", 640, 480, 1.0, 5.0, 25.0);

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