How do I separate strings by a comma in MCV C#

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I need to separate a list of returned names by comma in my MVC project View. I'm struggling to achieve and i have a feeling its an easy job.

C#

var names  = dbcontext.EmployeeTable.Select(x => x.Name).ToList();

in my view i'm looping through this object like this:

C#

@foreach(e in names)
{
   //i need to separate the names by a comma i.e
   // john, jen, glen 

}

could some please help?

Thank you

What I have tried:

I have tried to use string.join(","name) but for some reason this is not working

Posted 13-Dec-17 3:18am

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Updated 13-Dec-17 3:48am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2017-12-13T03:48:00

Solution 3

The simplest option would be string.Join[^]:

C#

string nameList = string.Join(", ", names);

Posted 13-Dec-17 3:48am

Richard Deeming

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________________ 14-Dec-17 1:39am

This is the best solution.
I did elapsed ticks test for all 3 answers 10000 repetitions:

string.Join -> 870894
names.Aggregate -> 19875057
AllNamesSeparatedByComma -> 1528247

________________ · Answer 2 · 2017-12-13T03:25:00

Solution 1

As variant:

public string AllNamesSeparatedByComma(List<string> names)
		{
			
			StringBuilder allNames = new StringBuilder();

			foreach(string e in names)
			{
				allNames.AppendFormat("{0},", e);
			}

			return allNames.ToString();
		}

Posted 13-Dec-17 3:25am

________________

F-ES Sitecore · Answer 3 · 2017-12-13T03:40:00

Solution 2

Use Aggregate

string nameList = names.Aggregate((a, b) => a + ", " + b);

Posted 13-Dec-17 3:40am

F-ES Sitecore