Comma “izing” a list of items

Question

Given a list of strings, what is the best method for concatenating these strings into a comma separated list with no comma at the end. (VB.NET or C#) (Using either StringBuilder

Answer 1

Going on from the String.Join answer, to ignore null/empty strings (and if you are using .NET 3.5) you could use a bit of Linq. e.g.

Dim Result As String
Dim Items As New List(Of String)
Items.Add("Hello")
Items.Add("World")
Result = String.Join(",", Items.ToArray().Where(Function(i) Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
MessageBox.Show(Result)