Join a string using delimiters

Question

What is the best way to join a list of strings into a combined delimited string. I\'m mainly concerned about when to stop adding the delimiter. I\'ll use C# for my example

Answer 1

I'd always add the delimeter and then remove it at the end if necessary. This way, you're not executing an if statement for every iteration of the loop when you only care about doing the work once.

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

foreach(string item in list){
    sb.Append(item);
    sb.Append(delimeter);
}

if (list.Count > 0) {
    sb.Remove(sb.Length - delimter.Length, delimeter.Length)
}