Activate open document by name using wildcard for the document name

[siomosp]

Hello,

I want to activate an open document by name.

The document  name always  start with "small_", ends with  different number for 1 to 31, extension .pdf

For example today opened document is "small_18.pdf"

There is a way to activate it by name using wildcard, eg "small_*" ?

[femkeblanco]

What if there is more than one open document starting with "small_"?  Which should become active then?  

[siomosp]

Always there is only one open document starting with "small_"

[Manan Joshi]

The question is not clear, do you mean to say there are lots of document open and want the script to activate the first document that matches your criteria? Why can't this be done manually, how will a script help?

-Manan

[siomosp]

Always there is only one open document starting with "small_x"
Usage example
The user open the "small_x.pdf" document

Then opens about ten or more documents

At every one of other documents, the user make a path selection

The script makes a copy of the selection, close the document, activates the "small_x.pdf" , and paste it

I hope it is clear now!

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

Try the following

for(var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++)
{
	var fName = app.documents[i].name
	if(fName.match(/small_\d+\.pdf/))
	{
		app.activeDocument = app.documents[i]
		break;
	}
}

-Manan

[siomosp]

It is perfect,

thank you!