Add quotes at the beginning and end of each element in list using LINQ

Question

I have a list of strings that I want to encapsulate in quotes and separate with comma and output as single string.

Right now I got only the comma part like so string.Join(",", list);. This generates output like so Id, Name, Price. However I want to add quotes to every item so it will output it like so "Id", "Name", "Price".

Right now I'm looping through every item in list copying it's value and then adding the quotes but I suspect it is possible to do using LINQ.

Answer 1

Try this

String.Join(",", myList.Select(x => String.Format("\"{0}\"", x));

Answer 2

I suspect it is possible to do using LINQ

You are correct:

var result = string.Join(",", list.Select(s => '"' + s + '"') );

Right now I'm looping through every item in list copying it's value and then adding the quotes

Well, that's what Linq is doing behind-the-scenes; it's just wrapping it in a .Select extension method.