How can Path.Combine be used with more than two arguments?

Question

I\'m surprised there\'s not an overload that can take a string array. Anyway, what is the best way to avoid nesting calls to Path.Combine?

pathValue = Path.Combi         


        

Answer 1

If you already have an array or an IEnumerable then you could do this in one line...

// I'm assuming that you've got an array or IEnumerable from somewhere
var paths = new string[] { path1, path2, path3, path4, path5, path6 };

string result = paths.Aggregate(Path.Combine);

If not, then write your own extension method to string...

public static class PathExtension
{
    public static string CombinePathWith(this string path1, string path2)
    {
        return Path.Combine(path1, path2);
    }
}

... that would allow you to chain these like this...

string result = path1.CombinePathWith(path2)
                     .CombinePathWith(path3)
                     .CombinePathWith(path4)
                     .CombinePathWith(path5)
                     .CombinePathWith(path6);