Represent array in C#

Question

I have an array or a list from linq. I want to show it as a string in console! What should I do?

Answer 1

Just iterate over it?

foreach (var item in list)
{
   Console.WriteLine(item.ToString());
}

Answer 2

String.Join(delimiter, array);

You could represent it as:

Console.WriteLine("{" + String.Join(", ", array) + "}");

Of course, I think this only works with strings.

Answer 3

The most generic answer that I can give to you is to loop through each element and use the ToString() method on each element.

Alternatively, you can serialize the Array/List to Xml.

Answer 4

Generally you can loop through it if it's a collection or an array. Check the foreach keyword

List<Object> list = ...

foreach (Object o in list) {
  Console.WriteLine(o.ToString);
}

Answer 5

I would want some more information about exactly what you want to see, but at first blush I'd try something like:

public string StringFromArray(string[] myArray)
    {
        string arrayString = "";
        foreach (string s in myArray)
        {
            arrayString += s + ", ";
        }
        return arrayString;
    }

Answer 6

If you'd like a more LINQ approach you could use the following:

String text = String.Join("," + Environment.NewLine, list.Select(item => item.ToString()).ToArray());
Console.WriteLine(text);

The first parameter of the Join specifies which characters should be inserted between items in the array. Using the .Select on the list is for getting a string representation of your item in the array.