So what you wanted, it is for renaming selected objects, no layers, right?

Check this script, I took a different route, I added some comments, if you have problems with it, do not hesitate to ask

// this script Renames selected Objects with a base name plus an incremental suffix
// Carlos Canto // 07/03/2013;
// http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1243774?tstart=0

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = doc.selection;
var rename = prompt("Enter the name and ONE character suffix (comma separated, no space):","test,A", "Increment Rename Selected Objects");
if (rename!=null) {// quit if pressed Cancel
    var nameArray = rename.split(","); 

    var base = nameArray[0];
    var suffix = nameArray[1];

    var charCode = suffix.charCodeAt (); // convert the suffix character to Unicode

    if(sel.length>0){
        for(var z=0;z 
         
 
         
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