In C#: Add Quotes around string in a comma delimited list of strings

Following Jon Skeet's example above, this is what worked for me. I already had a List<String> variable called __messages so this is what I did:

string sep = String.Join(", ", __messages.Select(x => "'" + x + "'"));

string s = "A,B,C";
string replaced = "'"+s.Replace(",", "','")+"'";

Thanks for the comments, I had missed the external quotes.

Of course.. if the source was an empty string, would you want the extra quotes around it or not ? And what if the input was a bunch of whitespaces... ? I mean, to give a 100% complete solution I'd probably ask for a list of unit tests but I hope my gut instinct answered your core question.

Update: A LINQ-based alternative has also been suggested (with the added benefit of using String.Format and therefore not having to worry about leading/trailing quotes):

string list = "Fred,Sam,Mike,Sarah";
string newList = string.Join(",", list.Split(',').Select(x => string.Format("'{0}'", x)).ToList());