On 19/05/2009, at 17:28 , Bill Steele wrote: >> This works for me: >> >> set recordList to {} >> set oneRecord to {foo:1, bar:"hello"} >> set the end of recordList to oneRecord >> set twoRecord to {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"} >> set the end of recordList to twoRecord >> recordList >> >> HTH, >> >> ES > > Works for me too. Thanks. > > I wonder where it says that in the Applescript Language Guide. > Hi Bill, It says right there on page 187 (the newest version) <quote> record The concatenation of two records joins the properties of the left-hand record to the properties of the right-hand record. If both records contain properties with the same name, the value of the property from the left-hand record appears in the result. For example, the result of the expression { name:"Matt", mileage:"8000" } & { name:"Steve", framesize:58 } is { name:"Matt", mileage:"8000", frameSize:58 } </quote> Precisely what happens to you. To make it a list: set recordList to {} set oneRecord to {foo:1, bar:"hello"} set recordList to recordList & {oneRecord} set twoRecord to {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"} set recordList to recordList & {twoRecord} recordList > >> >>> >>> set theRecords to {{foo:1, bar:"hello"}, {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"}} >>> foo of item 2 of theRecords >>> --> 2 >>> >>> But how do you create such a list? >>> >>> set recordList to {} >>> set oneRecord to {foo:1, bar:"hello"} >>> set recordList to recordList & oneRecord >>> -->{foo:1, bar:"hello"} >>> set twoRecord to {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"} >>> set recordList to recordList & twoRecord >>> recordList >>> -->{foo:1, bar:"hello"} >>> > > > -- > > Bill Steele > [log in to unmask] Deivy Petrescu [log in to unmask]