I'm having trouble finishing up with Compound Paths

Question

OK, I'm a novice here so here's my script. It works really well like it sits. It basically takes two objects in a large group and aligns them. I want to make each two objects combinded into a single compound path. I have tried multiple things and they all just kick out errors and what not. I can't seem to get my head around the vocabulary for the scripting but the darkness is starting to fade the more I do.
#target Illustrator
          var idoc = app.activeDocument;
          var pi =idoc.compoundPathItems;
          var numn = prompt ("How Many Names?", "Enter Number of Names");
          var dd = prompt ("How far below name is the number?", "Enter Drop Distance");
          var nH = prompt ("How tall are the names?", "Enter Name Height in Inches");
          dd = parseFloat (dd);
          numn = parseInt (numn);
          nH = parseFloat (nH);
for (j=0; j<numn; j++) {
                    var num = j + numn;
                    var numpath = pi[num];
                    var npath = pi[j];
                    var nName = 'name' + j;
                    var numName = 'number' + j;
                    var centWidth = pi[j].width / 72;
                    var centN = pi[num].width / 72;
                    var adjNum = (centWidth - centN) / 2;
                    var fhp = j*9.5*72;
                    var fvp = 0;
                    var nhp = (j*9.5*72) + (adjNum * 72);
                    var nvp = ((dd*72) + (nH * 72))*-1;
                    pi[j].name = nName;
                    pi[num].name = numName;
                    npath.position = [fhp,fvp];
                    numpath.position = [nhp,nvp];
// Would Like to combine the aligned items into a single compound item.

Answer 1

select few objects and try this to build up a new compound path.
#target illustrator
var doc = activeDocument;
var sel = doc.selection;
var newCompPath = doc.activeLayer.compoundPathItems.add()
if (sel.length > 0) {
   for (var i=0; i<sel.length; i++) {
        sel[i].evenodd = true;
        sel[i].move(newCompPath, ElementPlacement.INSIDE);