String.Join Method (String, String[], Int32, Int32)
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Concatenates a specified separator String between each element of a specified String array, yielding a single concatenated string. Parameters specify the first array element and number of elements to use.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- separator
- Type: System.String
The string to use as a separator.
- value
- Type:
System.String
[]
An array that contains the elements to concatenate.
- startIndex
- Type: System.Int32
The first element in value to use.
- count
- Type: System.Int32
The number of elements in value to use.
Return Value
Type: System.StringA string that consists of the strings in value delimited by the separator string.
-or-
String.Empty if count is zero, value has no elements, or separator and all the elements of value are String.Empty.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | value is null. |
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | startIndex or count is less than 0. -or- startIndex plus count is greater than the number of elements in value. |
| OutOfMemoryException | Out of memory. |
For example if separator is ", " and the elements of value are "apple", "orange", "grape", and "pear", Join(separator, value, 1, 2) returns "orange, grape".
If separator is null, the empty string (Empty) is used instead. If any element in value is null, an empty string is used instead.
The following code example concatenates two elements from an array of names of fruit.
// Sample for String.Join(String, String[], int int) using System; class Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { String[] val = { "apple", "orange", "grape", "pear" }; String sep = ", "; String result; outputBlock.Text += String.Format("sep = '{0}'", sep) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format("val[] = {{'{0}' '{1}' '{2}' '{3}'}}", val[0], val[1], val[2], val[3]) + "\n"; result = String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2); outputBlock.Text += String.Format("String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = '{0}'", result) + "\n"; } } /* This example produces the following results: sep = ', ' val[] = {'apple' 'orange' 'grape' 'pear'} String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = 'orange, grape' */