Aligning Object to Horizontal & Vertical Center Center of Another Object

Hello,
I've looked through the DOM and at the various methods and properties of various Javascript classes, but didn't see an obvious way of aligning one object's center to another object's center (particularly a Text Frame to a Group Item or Path Item). I'd have expected this to be pretty routine, so forgive me if I've overlooked the obvious (both in the documentation and on this forum).
Thanks!
Ben

OK, well I guess I just needed to think a bit more. The answer I came to just required the use of some math.
Basically,
object_to_center.position[0] = object_to_center_to.position[0]+object_to_center_to.width/2-object_to_center.width/2; //X coordinate of object to center
object_to_center.position[1] = object_to_center_to.position[1]-object_to_center_to.height/2+object_to_center.height/2; //Y coordinate of object to center
Seems you get the center point somewhat indirectly, but at least you can get it.

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