Problem 1682. Make a list string

Created by Chris in Community

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Given a cell string, produce a string separating the items with spaces and commas and with an 'and' preceding the final item, and ending with a full stop.

Input x = {'apples' 'oranges' 'pears' 'salmon'}

Output y = 'apples, oranges, pears and salmon.'

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Chris on 29 Jun 2013

This is definitely cheating.

Claudio Gelmi on 29 Jun 2013

I couldn't resist... :o) Sorry!!!

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Evan on 27 Jun 2013

In an act of protest, this answer includes the oxford comma. ;)

goc3 on 2 Feb 2015

Hear, hear, the only way to prevent lexical ambiguity is the Oxford comma. As proof, I submit a friendly panda (eats, shoots and leaves) versus an unfriendly guest (eats, shoot, and leaves).

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