[javascript] creating list of objects in Javascript

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