How to convert a List into a comma-separated list, using the class's Id property as the value

Question

I have a List collection, and I want to create a comma seperated string using the User.Id property, so:

\"12321,432434,123432452,132         


        

Answer 1

Given this list:

List<User> users = (GetUsers() ?? new List<User>())
   .Where(u => u != null).ToList();

// no more nulls

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.NET 3.5 - String.Join

Join(String, String())

Join(String, String(), Int32, Int32)

Example:

return string.Join(",", users.Select(u => u.Id.ToString()).ToArray());

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.NET 4.0 - String.Join

Join(String, IEnumerable(Of String))

Join(Of T)(String, IEnumerable(Of T))

Join(String, Object()) // really? Just joining "stuff"?

Join(String, String())

Join(String, String(), Int32, Int32)

Example

return string.Join(",", users.Select(u => u.Id));

Answer 2

string.Join( ",", list.Select( item => item.ID ).ToArray() );

Answer 3

use

string myResult = string.Join (",", (from l in myList select l.ID.ToString()).ToArray());

Answer 4

In .NET 4:

string joined = string.Join(",", list.Select(x => x.Id));

In .NET 3.5:

string joined = string.Join(",", list.Select(x => x.Id.ToString()).ToArray());

The difference is that .NET 4's overload list for string.Join is wider than the one in .NET 3.5, and the overload you really want is one of the "new" ones:

public static string Join<T>(string separator, IEnumerable<T> values)

You can still do it in .NET 2.0, just using a List<T>-specific method instead of LINQ (I'm assuming you can still use C# 3):

string joined = string.Join(",", list.ConvertAll(x => x.Id.ToString())
                                     .ToArray());