Selected groups in address book

How to return the names (or ids) of selected groups in Address Book?

I got responses from other sources that Address Book will not return selected groups.
So I did this instead ( How to post a script without loosing formatting? )
-- copy to clipboard
-- email addresses of selected group(s)
tell application "Address Book"
set group_list to name of every group
set _groups to choose from list group_list ¬
with title "Address Book Groups" multiple selections allowed true ¬
OK button name "Select Groups"
set elist to ""
set enum to 0
repeat with ggg in _groups
repeat with ppp in person in group ggg
try
set elist to elist & value of email 1 of ppp & return
set enum to enum + 1
end try
end repeat
set elist to elist & return -- separate groups
end repeat
set the clipboard to elist
display dialog "Copied " & enum & " addresses to the clipboard" default button "Ok" buttons {"Ok"}
end tell
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