After running the function, how can I ensure that only a specific object remains selected?

Question

Currently, I have selected an image and a text frame.

I want only the image to remain selected after the function executes.

Here is the code:

I want only the selected image to remain after executing “exit();”.

Thank you very much.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var item = doc.selection[0]; 
var items = doc.selection; 
if (items.length > 1) {
    var sel = items;
    tx = 0
    for (i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) {
        if ('TextFrame' == sel[i].constructor.name) {
            tx = sel[i];
        }
        if ('TextFrame' != sel[i].constructor.name) {
            ob = sel[i]
        }
    }

    if (tx != 0) {
        getA();
        exit();
    }    
}

function getA() {
    var a = 2 + 3;
}

m1b · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@dubloveyou can set the selection to whatever you want. Like this:doc.selection = [item];

rob day · Answer

Also this deselects any item in the selection array that is not a textFrame

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var items = doc.selection; 
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++){
    if (items[i].constructor.name != "TextFrame") {
        //removes a selected object from the selection (items) if it is not a TextFrame
        doc.select(items[i], SelectionOptions.REMOVE_FROM)
    } 
};

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