I think you want to make objects from array and combine it with an old object (BODY.recipients.values), if it's then you may do it using $.extent
(because you are using jQuery
/tagged) method after prepare the object from array
var BODY = {
"recipients": {
"values": []
},
"subject": 'TitleOfSubject',
"body": 'This is the message body.'
}
var values = [],
names = ['sheikh', 'muhammed', 'Answer', 'Uddin', 'Heera']; // for testing
for (var ln = 0; ln < names.length; ln++) {
var item1 = {
"person": { "_path": "/people/"+names[ln] }
};
values.push(item1);
}
// Now merge with BODY
$.extend(BODY.recipients.values, values);