Algorithm for joining e.g. an array of strings

Question

I have wondered for some time, what a nice, clean solution for joining an array of strings might look like. Example: I have [\"Alpha\", \"Beta\", \"Gamma\"] and want to join

Answer 1

The most elegant solution i found for problems like this is something like this (in pseudocode)

separator = ""
foreach(item in stringCollection)
{
    concatenatedString += separator + item
    separator = ","
}

You just run the loop and only after the second time around the separator is set. So the first time it won't get added. It's not as clean as I'd like it to be so I'd still add comments but it's better than an if statement or adding the first or last item outside the loop.