Multiple selected text frame to table

I am looking for a script that will allow me to select multiple text frames at one time and have the contents in those text frames converted to tables.
What I have to do now is place the cursor in one text frame, select all, select menu item "convert to table", the defalt dialog appears and I click ok.
I have ten text frames on a page (for example). The manual process means I have to do the text to table 10 times per page.
So, I would like a script that will allow me to select all 10 text frames and convert the content of each frame to a table.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
RPP

This should do it:
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.selection.length > 0)
for (i = 0; i < app.selection.length; i++)
try {app.selection[i].texts[0].convertToTable ("\t", "\r")}
catch (_) {}
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