Want to select path or mask

if file have path named "Path 1"
i want selection from that path
else if there is no path please check channel named "Alpha 1" is there i want selection from that channel
please help me

That will learn me to be lazy and copy/paste/edit in the browser window…
var doc = app.activeDocument;
if ( doc.pathItems.length > 0 ) {
          doc.pathItems[0].makeSelection( 0, true, SelectionType.REPLACE );
          doc.pathItems[0].deselect();
} else {
          try {
                    doc.selection.load( doc.channels.getByName('Alpha 1'), SelectionType.REPLACE, false );
          } catch(e) {}
Would have thought you could have sorted that mistake thou…

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In addition to the above comments, where some confusion could be creeping in is that Selections and Paths can usually be converted to the other.
Masks are basically Selections and appear as Channels. They can be applied in several ways, with Layer Masks and Clipping Masks being mentioned already.
From a Path, one can convert that into a Selection (in the case of most Paths), and those Selections can be turned into Masks of various types.
A Mask can usually be Loaded as a Selection, and then that can be converted into a Path.
Masks can be easily painted onto, effectively painting IN, or painting OUT the Mask. A Path can really only be Filled or Stroked, and the pixels that make up the Fill, or Stroke will need to be on a Layer. They can be painted onto, but the Path, itself, cannot.
As Selections can be converted to a Path, where file size is an issue, one can convert that Selection to a Path, then Save the file, after removing the Selection, which would be saved as a Channel and occupy the full Image Size.
Paths are mathematically defined, while a Mask (or a Selection) will be pixel-based. Paths are infinitely editable, but the editing of a Selection, or a Mask is a bit more limited, and remember, they are pixel-based. Most of my Masks start out as Paths, and then become Selections (where I might do more work to refine), and then become Masks.
With but a few easy steps, each can be converted to the other, so there can be confusion. The Help Files cover each in detail, with examples of each one's use, and also the possible conversions. I would pour over those files, and conremplate the similarities but mainly the differences.
Each has its own uses, and knowing those will benefit you, in almost everything that you do in PS, so time to learn each, inside and out, will not be a waste of time.
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I have taken a quick guess at what you want but Im supposed to be busy at work…
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