Array.Join in .Net?

Question

Ok, this is a dumb thing that I\'m sure I\'ve done dozens of times but for some reason I can\'t find it.

I have an array... And want to get a string with the content

Answer 1

If you have an array of strings you can call String.join(String, String[]). You can use it even if you don't have an array of strings, you just have to be able to convert your objects to strings

object[] objects = ...
string[] strings = new string[objects.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < objects.Length; i++)
  strings[i] = objects[i].ToString();
string value = String.Join(", ", strings);

Answer 2

It is on the string class

String.Join(",", new string[] {"a", "b", "c"});

Edit for ints to string

 int[] integers = new int[] { 1,2,3,4,5 };
 String.Join(",", Array.ConvertAll<int, String>(integers, Convert.ToString));

Answer 3

Dim arrStrIds() As String = Array.ConvertAll(arrIntIds, New Converter(Of Integer, String)(
 Function(id As Integer) id.ToString()) )

String.Join(",", arrStrIds)

Answer 4

If you're working with strings, then String.Join is probably what you're looking for.

Answer 5

You could use LINQ to Objects and save yourself a few lines

int [] ints = { 0, 1, 2 };
string[] intStrings = (from i in ints select i.ToString()).ToArray<string>();
string joinedStrings = string.Join(",", intStrings);

Oops, Just saw that you don't have LINQ, sorry.

Answer 6

you don't need to convert the array into a string array in .NET Framework 4. i don't know about previous Frameworks. so the previous code spends several lines converting your int array into a string array. just skip that step (if it also works in your Framework).

string[] sA = "11,12,13".Split(',');
int[] iA = { 21, 22, 23};
Console.WriteLine(string.Join("+", iA) + " -- " + string.Join("+", sA));

/* displays:
21+22+23 -- 11+12+13
*/