string join append each element text

Question

i have array with n-elements;

var arr = ["answer1", "answer2", "answer3"];

I need such result:

{"text":"answer1"},{"text":"answer2"},{"text":"answer3"}

Tried sothing like this:

string.Join(",", arr);

But how add {"text":" "} to each element?

Answer 1

You can use LINQ to select from the array with the additional text:

var arrayWithText = arr.Select(a => "{\"text\":\"" + a + "\"}");
var result = string.Join(",", arrayWithText);