I need help writing a script that finds the first instance of a paragraph style and then changes it

I need help writing a script that finds the first instance of a paragraph style and then changes it to another paragraph style. I don't necessarily need someone to write the whole thing, by biggest problem is figuring how to find just the first instance of the paragraph style. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Hi,
Do you mean first instance of the paragraph style
- in a chosen story;
- on some chosen page in every text frames, looking from its top to the bottom;
- in a entire document, looking from its beginning to the end, including hidden layers, master pages, footnotes etc...?
If story...
You could set app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle to your "Style".
Story.findText() gives an array of matches. 1st array's element is a 1st occurence.
so:
Story.findText()[0].appliedParagraphStyle = Style_1;
//==> this will change a paraStyle of 1st occurence of story to "Style_1".
If other cases...
You would need to be more accurate.
rgds

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^
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for (var i=0; i<numWords; i++)
var ckWord = this.getPageNthWord(0,i);
if ( ckWord == "ISSUED")
var coord = this.mouseX;
var annot = this.addAnnot({
page: 0,
type: "Stamp",
name: "AppStamp",
rect: [coord+1000, 2300, 30, 2820],
rotate: 90,
AP: "#C94cHAFFa42U1gTH5Tug5C" });
/*break; how can this be modified to break for the second occurance of the word "ISSUED"?*/

I need help writing a script that finds the first instance of a paragraph style and then changes it

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