dynamically build list of objects
var listOfObjects = [];
var a = ["car", "bike", "scooter"];
a.forEach(function(entry) {
var singleObj = {};
singleObj['type'] = 'vehicle';
singleObj['value'] = entry;
listOfObjects.push(singleObj);
});
here's a working example http://jsfiddle.net/b9f6Q/2/ see console for output