Add a pipe separator after items in an unordered list unless that item is the last on a line

Question

Is it possible to style this html ...

    
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Answer 1

Slightly modified SCSS version which gives you control of the pipe | size and will eliminate padding from first and last list items while respects borders.

$pipe-list-height: 20px;
$pipe-list-padding: 15px;

.pipe-list {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    height: $pipe-list-height;

    > ul {
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: row;

        > li {
            position: relative;
            padding: 0 $pipe-list-padding;

            &:after {
                content: " ";
                position: absolute;
                border-right: 1px solid gray;
                top: 10%;
                right: 0;
                height: 75%;
                margin-top: auto;
                margin-bottom: auto;
            }

            &:first-child {
                padding-left: 0;
            }

            &:last-child {
                padding-right: 0;

                &:after {
                    border-right: none;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

  

    
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