>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a string like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"LastName, FirstName, MiddleName"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and sometimes it could just be this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"CompanyName"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I want to add a string into these strings so they end up like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"LastName DESC, FirstName DESC, MiddleName DESC"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>or:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"CompanyName DESC"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>How would I do this in C#?
>>>>>
>>>>>Basically this
>>>>>

>>>>>			string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>>>>>
>>>>>			s = s.Replace(",", " DESC,") + " DESC";
>>>>>

>>>>
>>>>I don't think that works in the case of "CompanyName"
>>>
>>>
>>>So far this is what I have come up with (SortOrder could either be "ASC" or "DESC"):
>>>
>>>

            string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>>>            string[] Split = s.Split(new Char[] { ',' });
>>>
>>>            string NewSortExpression = "";
>>>            int i = 0;
>>>            foreach (string st in Split)
>>>                NewSortExpression = NewSortExpression + st + " " + SortOrder + ",";
>>>
>>>            // get rid of last ","
>>>            NewSortExpression = NewSortExpression.Substring(0, NewSortExpression.Length - 1);

>>
>>using a stringbuilder may not be a bad idea
>>
>>

>>       static void Main(string[] args)
>>        {
>>
>>			string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>>
>>			string[] split = s.Split(new Char[] { ',' });
>>
>>			string newSortExpression;
>>
>>			string sortOrder = "DESC";
>>
>>			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>>
>>			foreach (string st in split)
>>			{
>>				sb.Append(st);
>>				sb.Append(' ');
>>				sb.Append(sortOrder);
>>				sb.Append(',');
>>			}
>>
>>
>>			// get rid of last ","
>>			sb.Length--;
>>
>>			newSortExpression = sb.ToString();
>>			Console.WriteLine("{0}", newSortExpression);
>>
>>			Console.ReadLine();
>>          
>>        }
>>

>
>Would you recommend this over the much shorter one liner?


I would use the one-liner. But since I saw your loop. I wanted to show the StringBuilder as well