Fastest Way to Add Character at First, End and Between of each string in List of string

Question

This is my list:

List<string> elements = new List<string> { "apple", "orange", "peach" };

I need a method with this return value:

string result = "'apple', 'orange', 'peach'";

As you see the result add "'" to the first of each string, also at the end of them, then all of them joined with ", ". So what is your suggestion to do it fast and fluent? also consider performance issues, and maybe this list have been a lot of elements, how about that?

Answer 1

Throwing my suggestion in:

string result = string.Join(", ", elements.Select(e => "'" + e + "'"));

Answer 2

How about

string result = string.Empty;

if (elements.Count > 0) 
    result = "'" + string.Join("', '", elements) + "'"