Looping through layers and selecting layer by name?

I am trying to find a layer by name and loop through the selections.

function projectItem(name)

{

          var items = app.project.items;

          i = 1;

          while (i <= items.length) {

                              if (items[i].name == name)

                              {

                                        return app.project.item(i);

                                        break;

                              }

                              i++;

                    }

}

This works right?