Get sequence by name

[ReginaldUser555]

I'm trying to reference an already existing sequence by name. I've found a way round it by looping through the project untill a name matches:

for (var d=0; d<proj.rootItem.children.numItems; d++){
var ditem = proj.rootItem.children[d];
var dname = ditem.name;
	if (dname == "MySequence" && ditem.isSequence()) {
		var MySeq = ditem;
	}
}

 However, it doesn't interpret the object as a sequence, this code outputs MySequence = [object Sequence]:

alert(MySeq.name + " = " + MySeq);

Whereas this outputs MySequence = [object ProjectItem]

alert(tempseq.name + " = " + app.project.activeSequence);

Any clues how to firce it to interpret MySeq as a Sequence? 

[ReginaldUser555]

Sorry, I got muddled with alerts ther -  [object Sequence] and [object ProjectItem] other way round

(I cannot edit this post for some bizarre reason)

[Ivan Stepanov · Accepted solution]

It doesnt interpret it as an object sequence, because it is an object projectItem (you iterate through project items). Project item could be a clip, a bin or a sequence.

To speed up the process you can iterate through:

app.project.sequences // it is a collection of all sequences in project

Also, if you are matching one sequence to another I would use sequenceID to get proper sequence, instead of a name (there could be duplicates).