Coercions Supported
AppleScript can change a value of one class into a value of another class. This is called coercion. The "Coercions Supported" section of a value class definition describes the classes to which values of that class can be coerced.Because a list consists of one or more values, any value can be added to a list or coerced to a single-value list. The definition in Figure 3-1 also lists the value classes to which individual items in a list can be coerced.
For more information about coercions, see "Coercing Values," which begins
on page 66. For a summary of the coercions provided by AppleScript, see Figure 3-3 on page 67.