Convert a list of characters (or array) to a string

Question

how does one convert from a list of characters to a string?

To put it another way, how do I reverse List.ofSeq \"abcd\"?

UPDATE: new System.St

Answer 1

Your approach:

new System.String (listOfChars |> List.toArray)

is the solution I usually end up with too.

F#'s grammar/type inference system simply seems unable to recognize a .NET constructor like new String as a curried function (which prevents you from using pipelining).