ToString Generic Method

Wintellect PowerCollections

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Gets a string representation of the elements in the collection. The string to used at the beginning and end, and to separate items, and supplied by parameters. Each item in the collection is converted to a string by calling its ToString method (null is represented by "null").

Namespace: Wintellect.PowerCollections
Assembly:  PowerCollections (in PowerCollections.dll)

Syntax

C#
public static string ToString<T>(
	IEnumerable<T> collection,
	bool recursive,
	string start,
	string separator,
	string end
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function ToString(Of T) ( _
	collection As IEnumerable(Of T), _
	recursive As Boolean, _
	start As String, _
	separator As String, _
	end As String _
) As String
Visual C++
public:
generic<typename T>
static String^ ToString (
	IEnumerable<T>^ collection, 
	bool recursive, 
	String^ start, 
	String^ separator, 
	String^ end
)

Parameters

collection
IEnumerable<(Of <T>)>
A collection to get the string representation of.
recursive
Boolean
If true, contained collections (except strings) are converted to strings by a recursive call to this method, instead of by calling ToString.
start
String
The string to appear at the beginning of the output string.
separator
String
The string to appear between each item in the string.
end
String
The string to appear at the end of the output string.

Return Value

The string representation of the collection. If collection is null, then the string "null" is returned.

Type Parameters

T

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::ArgumentNullExceptionstart, separator, or end is null.

See Also

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