How to map para style by script

Hi
My indesign file has already some Group style, when I try to flow the XML file in Indesign that time same style of paragraph are not mapped with automatically. FYI
Here 'TXT' style is already defined in 'Chapters' Group style (see Part A). After flowing again 'TXT' (see Part B) is coming in without mapping.
Now I want to map the 'Part B' style with 'Part A' is this possible by script?

Hi
I have used this code but its showing errors
_mappingStyle("TXT", "Chapters", "Chapter_Title")
_mappingStyle("TXT", "Chapter_Title")
function _mappingStyle(findStyle, changeGroup, changeStyle)
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = findStyle;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyleGroups.item(changeGroup).paragraphStyles.item(changeStyl e);
    app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
by hasvi

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