F# string building

Question

I want to do this C# code in F#

  string[] a = new string[5];
    string b = string.Empty;
    a[0] = "Line 1";
    a[2] = "Line 2";

    foreach (string c in a)
    {
        b = c + Environment.NewLine;
    }

Answer 1

Its a lot better to use the built-in String.Join method than rolling your own function based on repeated string concatting. Here's the code in F#:

open System
let a = [| "Line 1"; null; "Line 2"; null; null;|] 
let b = String.Join(Environment.NewLine, a)

Answer 2

The '^' operator concatenates two strings. Also, '+' is overloaded so it can work on strings. But using a StringBuilder or Join is a better strategy for this.