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listToString(array) Takes a list and returns the concatenation of the values in that list.


Function: listToString()

This function takes a list and returns a string which is the concatenation of the string representation of each element of the list, with each element separated by a comma.

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listToString(array, separator, ignoreNullFlag, stringFormat)

ArgumentTypeDescription
arrayArrayList of values
separatorStringString to be used to separate the concatenated strings generated by the function
ignoreNullFlagBooleanFlag to determine whether NULL strings are ignored by the function
(set
. Set to 1 or
0)
0, where 1 is ignore and 0 is include. By default NULL values are included.
stringFormatStringOptional parameter
representing
which applies to dates only. This represents the format to use for each element of the list where the list items are dates.

Examples

listToString(["apple",1,"John",NULL,"dog"])

listToString() returns

"apple,1,John,,dog"


listToString(["apple",1,"John",NULL,"dog"],"--")

listToString() returns

"apple--1--John----dog"

listToString(["apple",1,"John",NULL,"dog"],"--",1)

listToString() returns

"apple--1--John--dog"

listToString([01/09/2010,01/10/2010,NULL,01/11/2010],"--",1,"dd MMM yyyy")

listToString() returns

"01 Sep 2010--01 Oct 2010--01 Nov 2010"

See Also