Question

The following function returns a list – {1,2,3}

I want to enter each item of the list into a record with different values and keys.

Is there any easier way of doing this?

on somefunc()
    return {1, 2, 3}
end somefunc

set {a, b, c} to somefunc()
set my_record to {a:a, b:b, c:c}

This is what I basically want:

{a:1, b:2, c:3}

Answer 1

When working with records, I like to use ASObjC Runner

Here is an example from the record suite:

tell application "ASObjC Runner" to link values {1, 2, 3} with labels {"a", "b", "c"}

EDIT

You can also use the run script method:

set myRecord to {}
set listA to {"a", "b", "c"}
set listB to {1, 2, 3}

repeat with i from 1 to count of listA
    set myRecord to myRecord & (run script "return {" & item i of listA & ":" & item i of listB & "}")
end repeat