Applescript moving different files to different folders

I have 377 files I need to move into 377 different folders. The files have a name like "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 2.pdf" where only the number on the end changes. The folders are named for cities with a number on the front. i.e. "374.SHALLOTTE" I'm trying to build a script that can read the file name and match number to number and then move the file into the matching folder. "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 2.pdf" would go into "2.NASHVILLE." Does that make sense? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

IF window 1 contained just exactly 377 folders and 377 files, AND IF all your files really had the same name (except for the number at the end), for example "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 1.pdf", "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 2.pdf", …, "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 376.pdf", "JustAKid_Basketball-10up 377.pdf", THEN you could try the following script:
tell application "Finder"
      set k to 377
      repeat until k = 0
            move file k of window 1 to folder k of window 1
            set k to k - 1
      end repeat
end tell

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applescript_problems wrote:
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sub folder path: 1>2>3>4>5
insdie folder 5 theirs 3 folders: 5a, 5b, 5c
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Message was edited by: K-Lye

Noted - problem solved here:
http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=26312
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