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String.Join Method (String, array<String[], Int32, Int32)

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Updated: January 2011

Concatenates a specified separator String between each element of a specified String array, yielding a single concatenated string. Parameters specify the first array element and number of elements to use.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Join ( _
    separator As String, _
    value As String(), _
    startIndex As Integer, _
    count As Integer _
) As String
[SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute]
public static string Join(
    string separator,
    string[] value,
    int startIndex,
    int count
)

Parameters

  • separator
    Type: System.String
    The string to use as a separator.
  • value
    Type: array<System.String[]
    An array that contains the elements to concatenate.
  • startIndex
    Type: System.Int32
    The first element in value to use.
  • count
    Type: System.Int32
    The number of elements in value to use.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A string that consists of the strings in value delimited by the separator string.
-or-
String.Empty if count is zero, value has no elements, or separator and all the elements of value are String.Empty.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

value is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

startIndex or count is less than 0.

-or-

startIndex plus count is greater than the number of elements in value.

OutOfMemoryException

Out of memory.

Remarks

For example if separator is ", " and the elements of value are "apple", "orange", "grape", and "pear", Join(separator, value, 1, 2) returns "orange, grape".

If separator is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the empty string (Empty) is used instead. If any element in value is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), an empty string is used instead.

Examples

The following code example concatenates two elements from an array of names of fruit.

' Sample for String.Join(String, String[], int int)
 _

Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim val As [String]() = {"apple", "orange", "grape", "pear"}
      Dim sep As [String] = ", "
      Dim result As [String]

      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("sep = '{0}'", sep) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("val() = {{'{0}' '{1}' '{2}' '{3}'}}", val(0), val(1), val(2), val(3)) & vbCrLf
      result = [String].Join(sep, val, 1, 2)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = '{0}'", result) & vbCrLf
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'This example produces the following results:
'sep = ', '
'val() = {'apple' 'orange' 'grape' 'pear'}
'String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = 'orange, grape'
'
// Sample for String.Join(String, String[], int int)
using System;

class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      String[] val = { "apple", "orange", "grape", "pear" };
      String sep = ", ";
      String result;

      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("sep = '{0}'", sep) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("val[] = {{'{0}' '{1}' '{2}' '{3}'}}", val[0], val[1], val[2], val[3]) + "\n";
      result = String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = '{0}'", result) + "\n";
   }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
sep = ', '
val[] = {'apple' 'orange' 'grape' 'pear'}
String.Join(sep, val, 1, 2) = 'orange, grape'
*/

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Change History

Date

History

Reason

January 2011

Noted that an empty string is substituted for any null element in the array.

Customer feedback.