print lists in brackets C#

Question

the best result I've found so far is this

List<int> pL = new List<int> { 1, 3, 5, 10 };
Console.Write("[");

for (int i = 0; i < pL.Count-1; i++)
    Console.Write("{0}, ", pL[i]);

Console.Write(pL[pL.Count-1] + "]");

but is there a better way, less bulky.

Answer 1

String.Join can take any enumerable (which List<string> is), so to concatenate all items in a list with a comma you can use

var result = String.Join(", ", pL);

You can also use string interpolation, so

Console.WriteLine($"[{string.Join(", ", pL)}]");

Answer 2

you can join the list and concatenate the pre and postfix

List<int> pL = new List<int> { 1, 3, 5, 10 };
var result = "[" + String.Join(", ", pL) + "]";
Console.WriteLine(result);